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reddened

ADJECTIVE
florid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
glowing
WEAK
blowzy flush high-colored pink rubicund sanguine
Antonyms
WEAK
inelaborate natural pale pallid plain undecorated unornate white
ADJECTIVE
painted
Synonyms
STRONG
colored daubed freshened powdered rouged
ADJECTIVE
sore
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aching bruised hurting inflamed painful sharp tender uncomfortable
STRONG
acute annoying burning extreme raw sensitive smarting
WEAK
abscessed afflicted burned chafed critical distressing hurtful irritated pained severe ulcerated unpleasant vexatious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
painless
WEAK
well

Example Sentences

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He edged back into the contest with a right hook in the fifth as Ball - hampered by his nose, with his torso and shorts reddened - showed signs of slowing down.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024

Your face paled, then reddened, then paled again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024

The silhouette then burst into a reddened field of 20 silhouettes throughout the arena.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

These analyses revealed that reddened cells not only had a high concentration of diadinoxanthin, the most abundant carotenoid in E. gracilis, but also produced an unidentified xanthophyll-type carotenoid.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2024

His face reddened around old scars as he rejected a folded five-dollar bill.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin