Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Embarrassed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a red face.
- In ornithology, having the front of the head red: as, the red-faced or Pallas's cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective with a red face;
flushed , due toemotional orphysical causes. - adjective by extension
embarrassed - adjective by extension
inebriate - adjective by extension
angry - adjective by extension
flustered - adjective by extension
exhausted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- adjective having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
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Examples
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Edgardo, red-faced, furious, retreated, met the manager coming across the dining room.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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Hey Conservative Guy, the only people I see whining these days are big, fat, red-faced white people who call themselves teabaggers.
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Local politicians were left red-faced after the people carrier they used to ferry party leader Nick Clegg around town was ticketed when it was parked in Dychurch Lane in the town centre.
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Next to her was a nurse with a starched collar holding a baby—a red-faced, screaming baby.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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He grew red-faced at her quiet words, “I'm pregnant.”
Waiting Pamela J. Parker 2011
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I nod, red-faced, and look miserably out the window.
Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011
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This is double-talk, hypocrisy, and red-faced lying.
Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010
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“When I went into the room he looked like he was back from the OK Corral—red-faced, very tired, exhausted.”
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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In the videos of his from the peak of his fame, he is a red-faced eruption of testosterone, screaming at the camera in long Charlie Sheen-style soliloquies of inspired abuse.
Johann Hari: Larry Flynt -- Freedom Fighter, Pornographer, Monster? Johann Hari 2011
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Paul Shaffer, red-faced with rage, stands shaking on the corner of West 54th Street and Broadway.
Paul Shaffer's Gold A.G. Pasquella 2011
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