REDDEN

blush, crimson, flush, redden

(verb) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; “The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”

redden

(verb) turn red or redder; “The sky reddened”

redden

(verb) make red; “The setting sun reddened the sky”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Redden

A male given name

Anagrams

• derned, red Ned, rended

Etymology

Verb

redden (third-person singular simple present reddens, present participle reddening, simple past and past participle reddened)

(intransitive) To become red or redder.

(transitive) To make red or redder.

Anagrams

• derned, red Ned, rended

Source: Wiktionary


Red"den (rd"d'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reddened (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reddening.] Etym: [From Red, a.]

Definition: To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.

Red"den, v. i.

Definition: To grow or become red; to blush. Appius reddens at each word you speak. Pope. He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened than his obstinacy was at once subbued. Sir W. SCott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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