Dictionary Definition
redden
Verb
1 turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The
girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn:
blush, crimson, flush]
2 make red; "The setting sun reddened the
sky"
3 turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To become red.
- To make red.
- 1794: William Hamilton, "Mithridates", Poems on Several Occasions, W. Gordon, page 258
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- Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.
Translations
To become red
- Dutch: rood worden
- Finnish: punertua; (of sb's face, as an emotional reaction) punastua
- French: rougir
- Spanish: enrojecer
To make red
- Dutch: rood maken
- Finnish: punata; (cause an emotional reaction on sb's face) punastuttaa
- Spanish: enrojecer
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
reddenConjugation
Extensive Definition
Redden may refer to:
People
- Barry Redden (b. 1960), American football player
- Billy Redden (b. 1956), American actor in Deliverance
- Chrissy Redden, Canadian Olympic cyclist
- James A. Redden (b. 1929), U.S. District Court Judge
- Monroe Minor Redden (1901-1987), U.S. Congressman
- Wade Redden (b. 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
Places
redden in Dutch: Redden
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
blanch,
blush, carmine, change color, color, color up, crimson, darken, flame, flush, frown, glare, glow, glower, gnarl, grow red, growl, henna, incarnadine, inflame, lipstick, look black, look
daggers, lower, madder, mantle, miniate, pale, pink, red-ink, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, scowl, snap, snarl, spit, squirm with
self-consciousness, stammer, turn color, turn pale,
turn red, vermilion,
warm, whiten