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red-faced

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red-faced (rdfst)
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
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
red-faced [ˌrɛdˈfeɪst] adj (also) (fig) → rosso/a in viso


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