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Verb: redden  re-d(u)n
  1. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
    "The girl reddened when a young man whistled as she walked by";
    - blush, crimson, flush
     
  2. Make red
    "The setting sun reddened the sky"
     
  3. Turn red or redder
    "The sky reddened"

Derived forms: reddens, reddening, 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