red-faced
Americanadjective
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having a red face.
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blushing or flushed with embarrassment, anger, resentment, or the like.
adjective
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flushed with embarrassment or anger
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having a florid complexion
Other Word Forms
- red-facedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of red-faced
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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They sit toe to toe on the gym floor, and Ilya offers a red-faced, panting Shane his water bottle.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
But while Celtic were enduring their calamity in Almaty, Red Star were left red-faced by Cypriot champions Pafos in the play-off.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
The feelings of being sweaty, red-faced and kind of awkward is very familiar to me.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
And what I felt, standing there, was not fear or remorse but only terrible, crushing humiliation, a dreadful, red-faced shame I hadn’t felt since childhood.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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