bloodshot

[ bluhd-shot ]

/ ˈblʌdˌʃɒt /

(of the eyes) red because of dilated blood vessels.

Origin of bloodshot

1545–55; apocopated variant of blood-shotten. See blood, shotten

He emerged with two fully covered arms, ringed with vines and bloodshot eyes.

Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel |Abigail Pesta |January 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Pierre Legros raised his bloodshot eyes in half-defiant remonstrance.

A Traitor's Wooing |Headon Hill
With bloodshot eyes, and gaping mouth, and flaming nostrils, the hideous creature came rushing onwards.

The Story of Siegfried |James Baldwin
He had regained control over himself, although his features still worked and his eyes were bloodshot.

The Story of Bawn |Katharine Tynan

His eyes were ringed and bloodshot with fatigue, and with incipient snow-blindness.

Murder Point |Coningsby Dawson
His eyes were bloodshot; brutal curses rushed to his lips; he was choking.

Two banks of the Seine |Fernand Vandrem

bloodshot

/ (ˈblʌdˌʃɒt) /

(of an eye) inflamed

bloodshot

[ blŭd′shŏt′ ]

Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels, as of the eyes.