Synonyms of reddened

reddened

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blushed
• flushed
• glowed
• crimsoned
• bloomed
• colored
• rouged
• turned color
• humiliated
• mortified
• abashed
• disconcerted
• embarrassed
• discomfited
• chagrined
• ruddled
• fazed
• incarnadined

Example Sentences

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