red-faced

red-faced (r

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adj.

Embarrassed: "They were caught red-handed, and now they are red-faced" (Margaret Thatcher).

red-faced

adj

1. flushed with embarrassment or anger

2. having a florid complexion

red-facedly [ˌrɛdˈfeɪsɪdlɪ -ˈfeɪstlɪ] adv

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Adj.	1.	red-faced - (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" reddened, flushed, red, crimson colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
	2.	red-faced - having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger" blushful, blushing discomposed - having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air"

Translations

red-faced [ˈredˈfeɪst] ADJ (lit) → con la cara roja (fig) (= ashamed) → ruborizado, avergonzado; (with anger) → con la cara encendida or colorada or roja(de ira)

red-faced [ˌrɛdˈfeɪst] adj (also) (fig) → rosso/a in viso

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ashamed blowsy Blushful blushing countryman crimson embarrassed face Facial Expressions, Miscellaneous flushed Moon red reddened redevelopment scar shame shamefaced well-fed	A red-faced man, slamming the cabin door behind him and stumping out on the deck, interrupted my reflections, though I made a mental note of the topic for use in a projected essay which I had thought of calling "The Necessity for Freedom: A Plea for the Artist. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context The master, a red-faced man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice; he had a jolly manner with boys, and the time passed quickly. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context He stood red-faced and blinking, with his crooked arms outstretched, while a male hand, protruding from the window, kept piling up upon him a series of articles the sight of which filled the curious old ladies with bewilderment. Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context	red-bellied black snake Red-bellied perch red-bellied snake red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle red-berried red-berried elder red-berry red-blind red-blindness red-blooded red-breasted merganser red-breasted nuthatch red-breasted sapsucker red-breasted snipe red-brick red-brown red-card red-carpet red-coated Red-crested poachard red-dog red-eye red-eyed red-eyed vireo red-faced red-flowered red-flowered silky oak red-fruited red-gray red-green color blindness red-green colour blindness red-green dichromacy red-grey Red-gum red-haired Red-hand red-handed red-headed red-header red-hot red-hot poker red-ink red-lavender red-lead ore red-lead putty Red-legged crow red-legged partridge red-letter red-letter day red-light district	red-carpet red-carpet treatment red-chested cuckoos Red-chested Swallow Red-chested Swallow Red-Chip Red-Chips red-coated Red-cockaded Woodpecker Red-cotton tree Red-cotton tree Red-crested poachard red-dog red-dogged red-dogging red-dogs red-eared sliders red-eye red-eye red-eye Red-eye flight red-eye flights Red-eye gravy Red-eyed red-eyed vireo red-eyes Red-Eyes Black Dragon Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon red-faced Red-figure Red-figure painting Red-figure pottery Red-figure vase painting Red-figured vase Red-fleshed papaya Red-fleshed papaya Red-fleshed papaya Red-fleshed papaya red-flowered red-flowered birdsfoot trefoil red-flowered mallow red-flowered silky oak Red-flowering currant red-flowering summer pheasant's eye Red-footed Boobies Red-footed Boobies Red-footed Boobies Red-footed Booby Red-footed Booby Red-footed Booby red-free filter red-free ophthalmoscopy red-fruited Red-giant Red-giant Red-giant red-gray red-green blindness red-green blindness

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ashamed
blowsy
Blushful
blushing
countryman
crimson
embarrassed
face
Facial Expressions, Miscellaneous
flushed
Moon
red
reddened
redevelopment
scar
shame
shamefaced
well-fed

A red-faced man, slamming the cabin door behind him and stumping out on the deck, interrupted my reflections, though I made a mental note of the topic for use in a projected essay which I had thought of calling "The Necessity for Freedom: A Plea for the Artist.

The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context

The master, a red-faced man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice; he had a jolly manner with boys, and the time passed quickly.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

He stood red-faced and blinking, with his crooked arms outstretched, while a male hand, protruding from the window, kept piling up upon him a series of articles the sight of which filled the curious old ladies with bewilderment.

Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

red-carpet
red-carpet treatment
red-chested cuckoos
Red-chested Swallow
Red-chested Swallow
Red-Chip
Red-Chips
red-coated
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Red-cotton tree
Red-cotton tree
Red-crested poachard
red-dog
red-dogged
red-dogging
red-dogs
red-eared sliders
red-eye
red-eye
red-eye
Red-eye flight
red-eye flights
Red-eye gravy
Red-eyed
red-eyed vireo
red-eyes
Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon

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Red-figure
Red-figure painting
Red-figure pottery
Red-figure vase painting
Red-figured vase
Red-fleshed papaya
Red-fleshed papaya
Red-fleshed papaya
Red-fleshed papaya
red-flowered
red-flowered birdsfoot trefoil
red-flowered mallow
red-flowered silky oak
Red-flowering currant
red-flowering summer pheasant's eye
Red-footed Boobies
Red-footed Boobies
Red-footed Boobies
Red-footed Booby
Red-footed Booby
Red-footed Booby
red-free filter
red-free ophthalmoscopy
red-fruited
Red-giant
Red-giant
Red-giant
red-gray
red-green blindness
red-green blindness

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