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reddened

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Made red.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her reddened face told me she was angry.
  • The reddened western sky was taken as an omen of changing weather.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of redden

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

lighted with red light as if with flames

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees
  • the inflamed clouds at sunset
  • reddened faces around the campfire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ablaze(p), inflamed

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

(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, red-faced, flushed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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