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Definition of Red-faced

1. Adjective. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. "Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

2. Adjective. Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset. "Was red-faced with anger"

Definition of Red-faced

1. Adjective. with a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes. ¹

2. Adjective. (by extension) embarrassed ¹

3. Adjective. (by extension) inebriate ¹

4. Adjective. (by extension) angry ¹

5. Adjective. (by extension) flustered ¹

6. Adjective. (by extension) exhausted ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red-faced

red-breasted nuthatch red-breasted sapsucker red-breasted snipe red-brick red-card red-carpet red-carpet(a) red-coated red-crested pochard red-crested pochards

red-deer red-eared slider red-eared sliders red-eye red-eyed vireo red-faced (current term) red-faced cormorant red-flowered silky oak red-green color blindness red-green colour blindness

red-green dichromacy red-gum red-haired red-handed red-headed red-header red-hot poker red-ink red-lead putty

Literary usage of Red-faced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Battle of April 19, 1775: In Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington by Frank Warren Coburn (1912)
"The Swett MSS. is interesting as giving the distinctive uniforms as follows; j Hale in Memorial History of Boston, III, 79. Fourth or King's Own, red faced ..."

2. Hadden's Journal and Orderly Books: A Journal Kept in Canada and Upon by James Murray Hadden, Horatio Rogers, Guy Carleton Dorchester, John Burgoyne, William Phillips (1884)
"Red faced with yellow, white lace, with two black stripes. aoth Foot. ... Red faced with buff, white lace, blue and yellow worm, and small red stripes. ..."

3. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... leader—Before her mother's eyes—An offering to the red-faced God of War—Women Boxers—Reward for their services—The China inland missionaries—A terrible ..."

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