redden

[red-n]

verb (used with object)

1. to make or cause to become red.

verb (used without object)

1. to become red.

2. to blush; flush.

redden

/ ˈrɛdən /

verb

1. to make or become red

2. (intr) to flush with embarrassment, anger, etc; blush

Other Word Forms

• outredden verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of redden¹

First recorded in 1605–15; red ¹ + -en ¹

Example Sentences

The skin across his cheekbones was cracked and reddened from a life spent outdoors, and his eyes were blue as glacier ice.

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Penelope’s cheeks reddened as if she had been slapped.

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“Skin not protected by clothing began to redden,” K-19’s captain recalled of the heroic young men who’d made the repair.

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With a slightly reddened forehead, Ven turns his head to speak to me.

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Among those hit was Conway, who rushed to the side to have their reddened eyes washed out with water.

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