Redden
['red(ə)n] or ['rɛdn]
Definition
(verb.) turn red or redder; 'The sky reddened'.
(verb.) make red; 'The setting sun reddened the sky'.
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
(v. i.) To grow or become red; to blush.
Edited by Jeremy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Make red.
v. n. Blush, color, become red.
Inputed by Billy
Examples
- It is well for a Sir Philip Nunnely to redden when he meets her eye. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His lordship was overheard by Lambton, who began to fidget about and redden, and appear very uneasy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I believe it is: you redden to the colour of Miss Fanshawe's gown. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Norris, who had begun to redden, was appeased; and, for a little while, other subjects took place of the improvements of Sotherton. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Robert Jordan felt his face redden. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I redden, tumble over half-a-dozen words, and stop. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I know--I know---- She paused, and he saw her redden through the twilight. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Newland Archer reddened and laughed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Whether he reddened or paled Caroline did not examine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sophia reddened in evident alarm. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The atomspear,' said Wegg, stumping back into the room again, a little reddened by his late exertion, 'is now freer for the purposes of respiration. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Newland reddened. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He reddened deeply, as if his natural generosity felt a pang of reproach. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Riviere reddened, but his eyes did not falter. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I felt myself reddening with indignation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Certainly, answered Miss Eliza Higgins, reddening. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Especially in your elevated station of society, miss, says Mr. Bucket, quite reddening at another narrow escape from my dear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I should be very happy, I'm sure,' said Mr. Winkle, reddening; 'but I have no skates. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I have a good position--the chance of a better,' continued he, reddening like a girl. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I could not, said Wildeve, reddening slightly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Riviere had succeeded in imposing himself: Archer, reddening slightly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Editor: Sallust