: having or showing a red face especially from embarrassment, anger, or shame
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In seconds, the photo appeared on my own phone and soon gathered a stream of steaming-mad, red-faced emojis.—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 There’s also a reference to a website with a red-faced ghoul who hypnotizes victims into cutting off their ears.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Yes, he gets yelled at by red-faced drill sergeants and has to perform pull-ups and make it through obstacle courses.—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 Lowry the emotional, red-faced open vein who is going to feel some things.—Brody Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 Singing our hobo songs around a raging campfire in red-faced boisterous revelry?—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025 Daley huffed and puffed with red-faced indignation, even threatening a lawsuit over the intent of an NFL team to whisk Chicago’s proud name off to the northwest suburbs and stomp into suburban soil.—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025