red-faced

[red-feyst]

adjective

1. having a red face.

2. blushing or flushed with embarrassment, anger, resentment, or the like.

red-faced

/ ˌrɛdˈfeɪsɪdlɪ, -ˈfeɪstlɪ /

adjective

1. flushed with embarrassment or anger

2. having a florid complexion

Other Word Forms

• red-facedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-faced¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

But while Celtic were enduring their calamity in Almaty, Red Star were left red-faced by Cypriot champions Pafos in the play-off.

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At his final concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 16 years ago, every musician in the orchestra stood in line onstage to hug a red-faced Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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Maravilla sends her children to school with hats and a bottle of sunscreen in their lunch boxes — and they still come home red-faced and sweaty during the hottest months.

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The feelings of being sweaty, red-faced and kind of awkward is very familiar to me.

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I finally did make it to the finish line, panting and red-faced.

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Related Words

• glowing 
• rose-colored