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bloodshot
CIDE DICTIONARY
bloodshot, a. [Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate.].
Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. [1913 Webster]
"His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled." [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
bloodshot
Blemish
N blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.For further exploring for "bloodshot" in Webster Dictionary Online