red-faced

adjective

: having or showing a red face especially from embarrassment, anger, or shame

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And Farley was wild, crashing through tables, cramming himself into ungainly costumes, and going full red-faced dynamo mode all in pursuit of every last laugh in the building. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025 Luis Ruelas Loves Bo Dietl (RHONJ S13): With one red-faced outburst at the season-finale party, Luis dropped the private investigator’s name and ruined Joe and Teresa’s relationship for good. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024

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“Red-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-faced. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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