red-faced
having a red face.
blushing or flushed with embarrassment, anger, resentment, or the like.
Origin of red-faced
1Other words from red-faced
- red-fac·ed·ly [red-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-lee], /ˈrɛdˈfeɪ sɪd li, -ˈfeɪst li/, adverb
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How to use red-faced in a sentence
He dressed at last and stood like a lamb—a redfaced, bull-necked lamb— while Mrs. Jobson fastened his collar for him.
Ship's Company, The Entire Collection | W.W. JacobsUpper hunting grounds are full of redfaced spirits, and they all feel bad and sorry for redface in your land.
A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead | C. G. HellebergBe good to few left, and Great Spirit and redfaced spirits love you much.
A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead | C. G. HellebergAnother walks just like the redfaced spouse of some Umbrian 1055 husband, and, straddling, takes huge strides.
Also, the redfaced man had himself proclaimed his wares nourishing for the weak stummick.
Penrod | Booth Tarkington
British Dictionary definitions for red-faced
flushed with embarrassment or anger
having a florid complexion
Derived forms of red-faced
- red-facedly (ˌrɛdˈfeɪsɪdlɪ, -ˈfeɪstlɪ), adverb
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