redden Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
    crimson; blush; flush.
    • The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
  2. verb make red
    • The setting sun reddened the sky
  3. verb turn red or redder
    • The sky reddened

WordNet

Red"den transitive verb
Etymology
From Red, a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Reddened present participle & verbal noun Reddening
Definitions
  1. To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
Red"den intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To grow or become red; to blush.
    Appius reddens at each word you speak. Pope.
    He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened than his obstinacy was at once subbued. Sir W. SCott.

Webster 1913