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Reddened

adjective

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Synonyms: crimson, flushed, red, red-faced. "Turned red from exertion" , "With puffy reddened eyes" , "Red-faced and violent" , "Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

Lighted with red light as if with flames. Synonyms: ablaze, inflamed. "The inflamed clouds at sunset" , "Reddened faces around the campfire"

Redden

verb

(past & past part. reddened; pres. part. reddening)

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. Synonyms: blush, crimson, flush.

Make red.

Turn red or redder.

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"Reddened" Quotes from Famous Books

... courteously and opened it. The expression of astonishment which came over his face as he read it for a moment gave place to one of anger. His eyes flashed, his face reddened, and his fingers nervously played with the end of his moustache. Then, as he read it over the second time, a rather contemptuous smile seemed to lurk about the ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 • Various

... silence enveloped the great abyss and its upheaved lava walls. The sun was setting. Every instant the haze reddened and thickened. ...

— Desert Gold • Zane Grey

... he was burned alive," muttered the other man, surveying the scene. His eyes were reddened with smoke from the fire, his ...

— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... gentle murmur of voices, a smell of soup and baking bread; warm steam, the glow of oil lamps and reddened faces. ...

— The Happy Foreigner • Enid Bagnold

... visitors' rooms, Selwyn's card in his hand and distrust written on every feature. And at Selwyn's first frank and friendly words he reddened to the temples and ...

— The Younger Set • Robert W. Chambers

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