What is the meaning of reddened?

verb

  • Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.
    • usage: "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
  • Make red.
    • usage: "The setting sun reddened the sky"
  • Turn red or redder.
    • usage: "The sky reddened"

adjective

  • Especially of the face. ( reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion)
    • usage: "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
  • Lighted with red light as if with flames.
    • usage: "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"
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