reddened

past tense of redden
as in blushed
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 reddened The crimson color stems from that outgoing light being reddened by the overlying layers of gas, much as sunlight scattering through Earth’s atmosphere can tint a sunset red. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026 One of them, a shorter, bearded man with a nose reddened and swollen from years of abusing liquor, gave a low whistle. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Tears blurred his vision and reddened his face. Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 May 2026 Suite 600 At this new Persian restaurant, eggplant arrives reddened with tomato or mixed with whey and walnuts in two different dips. Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 My cheeks reddened like spring blossoms in the air. Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 The whales started roiling and a sudden gush of blood reddened the water. Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026 Musk recently embraced the phrase with a meme of eyes reddened from the intoxicating exhaustion of situation monitoring—a recreation more stimulating, the joke goes, than any chemical substance. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026 Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reddened
Verb
  • The sharp cut accented her jawline and directed attention to her face, which was lightly blushed and framed by a ring of black liner around her eyes.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The actress blushed as her co-stars, Whoopi Goldberg and Quinta Brunson, showered her with some love at a Kevin special screening later that day.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The 29-year-old was flushed from the pocket and scrambled to the right.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • My therapist flushed all of the inflammation from my legs and left me feeling totally renewed.
    Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • My hair was thick, curly, and lush; my lips were full; my decades-long struggle with hormonal acne slowed to a stop; and my skin glowed.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As night fell and West Sacramento’s Ziggurat building glowed luminously, guests returned to the sampling tables for an array of desserts.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Reddened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reddened. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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