as in to blush
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile
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Recent Examples of redden
Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
This bright, dust-rich, star-forming galaxy was severely reddened.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
The manager who is so often the picture of calm had reddened eyes, a hint of melancholy in his voice.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redden
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Only on the occasional night out would the former publicist embellish her features by blushing her lips in a ruby red hue — sometimes glossy, sometimes matte.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Scattering the shrimp on top just for the last 5 or 10 minutes gives it enough time to blush pink without overcooking.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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The wreckage in the water had been flushed into the North Yuba River and stalled about a mile downstream at the mouth of Englebright Lake in mid-February after a ruptured pipe at New Colgate Powerhouse sent a deluge of water and hillside into the river.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Repeat until the drain begins to move freely, then flush the drain for 3 to 5 minutes with cool running water.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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This hunch was borne out when the astronomers found that, even though the globular clusters were languishing in an empty stretch of Perseus, they were surrounded by a halo of glowing matter — a telltale sign of a galaxy.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ahead, shop our favorite bronzers for mature skin that deliver warmth, depth, and glow.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
5 Mar. 2026
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Kalen DeBoer went from hot seat to crimson ottoman at the end of September, when No. 17 Alabama pushed past No. 5 Georgia at Sanford Stadium.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 Dec. 2025
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Riding the rails gives you time to slow down and look at the canopy’s changing hues, from chartreuse to crimson.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redden. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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