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reddened

  • past participle
    of redden.
    redden
    verb (used with object)
    to make or cause to become red.
  • past tense form
    of redden.
    redden
    verb (used with object)
    to make or cause to become red.

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The heat from the fire melted the paint on some helmets and reddened the skin in the small gaps between the masks, Marchuk said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Beside her, Gabriela Jaquez sat with reddened eyes, her voice breaking as fielded questions about the loss.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2025

These analyses revealed that reddened cells not only had a high concentration of diadinoxanthin, the most abundant carotenoid in E. gracilis, but also produced an unidentified xanthophyll-type carotenoid.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2024

On other similar occasions she said Theo would come out of his room with his T-shirt ripped and reddened, and he'd need a plaster.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2024

The bravo reddened, but Inkpots laughed aloud and Brown Ben went so far as to chuckle.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin