REDDENED

inflamed, ablaze(p), reddened

(adjective) lighted with red light as if with flames; “streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees”; “the inflamed clouds at sunset”; “reddened faces around the campfire”

crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed

(adjective) (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; “crimson with fury”; “turned red from exertion”; “with puffy reddened eyes”; “red-faced and violent”; “flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

reddened

simple past tense and past participle of redden

Adjective

reddened (comparative more reddened, superlative most reddened)

Made red.

Anagrams

• deredden

Source: Wiktionary


REDDEN

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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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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