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red-faced

[ red-feyst ]

adjective

  1. having a red face.
  2. blushing or flushed with embarrassment, anger, resentment, or the like.


red-faced

/ ˌrɛdˈfeɪsɪdlɪ; -ˈfeɪstlɪ /

adjective

  1. flushed with embarrassment or anger
  2. having a florid complexion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • red-facedly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • red-fac·ed·ly [red, -, fey, -sid-lee, -, feyst, -lee], adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of red-faced1

First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences

A workman was left red-faced after his daughter's bright pink mobile phone became frozen within a newly formed ice rink.

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Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra.

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Justice officials in Spain have been left red-faced after accidentally releasing a billionaire Dutch drug lord from prison in a bureaucratic mix-up.

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The Chargers went from being red-faced to doing an about-face Saturday night and making life for the Buffalo Bills very uncomfortable before falling 24-22 at SoFi Stadium.

So here they are, playing for an interim coach and an interim general manager, trying to slow a skid of five losses in six games and coming off one of the NFL’s all-time red-faced performances.

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