Overview of verb redden

The verb redden has 3 senses

• blush, crimson, flush, redden -- (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by")


• redden -- (make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky")


• redden -- (turn red or redder; "The sky reddened")

Overview of adj reddened

The adj reddened has 2 senses

• crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed -- ((especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment")


• ablaze, inflamed, reddened -- (lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire")