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Adjective: reddened  re-dund
  1. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
    "with puffy reddened eyes";
    - crimson, red, red-faced, flushed
     
  2. Lighted with red light as if with flames
    "reddened faces around the campfire";
    - ablaze, inflamed
Verb: redden  re-d(u)n
  1. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
    "The girl reddened when a young man whistled as she walked by";
    - blush, crimson, flush
     
  2. Make red
    "The setting sun reddened the sky"
     
  3. Turn red or redder
    "The sky reddened"

See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], light

Type of: color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Redden, Delaware