red-faced

[red-feyst]
adjective
1.
having a red face.
2.
blushing or flushed with embarrassment, anger, resentment, or the like.

Origin:
1570–80

red-fac·ed·ly [red-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-lee] , adverb
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red-faced
 
adj
1.  flushed with embarrassment or anger
2.  having a florid complexion
 
red-facedly
 
adv

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Red-faced is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
It was after midnight, and they were all red-faced after an evening drinking sorghum spirits.
The world lived with a verdant cosmos for three months, until the researchers issued a red-faced retraction.
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