|  redden 
 
 1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame (Freq. 1)
 - The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
 • Syn:
 blush, crimson, flush
 • Derivationally related forms:
 flush (for: flush), crimson (for: crimson), blush (for: blush), blusher (for: blush)
 • Hypernyms:
 discolor, discolour, colour, color
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 2. make red
 - The setting sun reddened the sky
 • Hypernyms:
 color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
 colour, color in, colour in
 • Hyponyms:
 madder, encrimson, vermilion, carmine, rubify, ruddle
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Something ----s something
 3. turn red or redder
 - The sky reddened
 • Hypernyms:
 discolor, discolour, colour, color
 • Hyponyms:
 blush
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 - Somebody ----s
 
 
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