Verb: redden re-d(u)n
- Turn red or redder
"The sky reddened"
- Make red
"The setting sun reddened the sky"
- Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
"The girl reddened when a young man whistled as she walked by";
- blush, crimson, flush
Derived forms: reddening, reddens, reddened
Type of: color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Redden, Delaware