redden

verb

red·​den ˈre-dᵊn How to pronounce redden (audio)
reddened; reddening ˈred-niŋ How to pronounce redden (audio)
ˈre-dᵊn-iŋ

transitive verb

: to make red or reddish

intransitive verb

: to become red
especially : blush

Examples of redden in a Sentence

First-degree burns redden the skin. Her face reddened when her name was announced.
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This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty brown. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 Longtime Ohio Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, who remained in power despite the state’s reddening hue, came under pressure in his reelection campaign this year to distance himself from transgender ideology. The Editors, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024 The teacher and education administrator won reelection by 3 percentage points in 2020 and then had one of the fastest growing and rapidly reddening areas of the state added to his district. Jeffrey Collins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024 Turning the Dial In the fall of 2021, when the air grew crisp and the leaves reddened in central Ohio, Little John Cupp began feeling short of breath. T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redden 

Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of redden was in 1552

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“Redden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redden. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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redden

verb
red·​den ˈred-ᵊn How to pronounce redden (audio)
reddened; reddening ˈred-niŋ How to pronounce redden (audio)
-ᵊn-iŋ
: to make or become red
especially : blush entry 1 sense 1

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