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red-faced

adj · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.

embarrassed

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • A red-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 3

With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.

inebriate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • Coming home late and red-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 4

With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.

angry

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • The customer gave a red-faced account of the argument with the waiter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 5

With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.

flustered

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • "I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out, red-faced.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 6

With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.

exhausted

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • He collapsed, red-faced from the effort, against the door jamb.

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Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 7

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • crimson with fury
  • turned red from exertion
  • with puffy reddened eyes
  • red-faced and violent
  • flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crimson, red, reddened, flushed

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 8

having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the blushing boy was brought before the Principal
  • her blushful beau
  • was red-faced with anger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blushful, blushing(a)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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