reddened

Verb

• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• make red
  • "The setting sun reddened the sky"
• turn red or redder
  • "The sky reddened"
• simple past and past participle of redden

Adjective Satellite

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  • "with puffy reddened eyes"
• lighted with red light as if with flames
  • "reddened faces around the campfire"

Adj

• Made red.

Examples

• Her reddened face told me she was angry.
• The reddened western sky was taken as an omen of changing weather.

Synonyms

ablaze, blush, crimson, flush, flushed, inflamed, red, red-faced, redden

Antonyms

dereddened, unreddened

Related Words

reddening, ruddiness

Anagrams of reddened