bloodshot

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His eyes were bloodshot, and his good - natured face was purple.

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  1. adjective Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels: bloodshot eyes.

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  • His eyes were bloodshot, his face puffy and pale, and his nostrils throbbed. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 02 - February 1994
  • His eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was standing on end. —  Four To Score
  • His eyes were red-rimmed and bloodshot, his face unshaven. —  Death Gate Cycle 1 - Dragon Wing
  • The right eye was slightly bloodshot, the eyelid puffy and bruised. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 06 - June 2000
  • His eyes weren't bloodshot, and there were no shadows under them, and heaven knows he couldn't have been paler than normal and not be dead. —  Emma Bull - Finder
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  1. From obsolete bloodshotten : blood + shotten, suffused, past participle of shoot.
 

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