dereddened
dereddened is the simple past and past participle of deredden.
Adjective
dereddened (not comparable)
- Rendered less red (regarding hue, saturation, or shade).
- Synonyms:
- unreddened
- Corrected for redshift.
- Synonyms:
- unreddened
Meaning of deredden
Verb
deredden (third-person singular simple present dereddens, present participle dereddening, simple past and past participle dereddened)
- To correct for redshift.
- Synonyms:
- unredden
- To make less red; to remove the red from.
- Cold made noses of Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, and others of the Walter Wanger cast red. Hence, Makeup Man Kaufman had problem of dereddening noses.1935 December 29, “Inside Studio Stuff”, in The New York Times, volume LXXXV, number 28,463, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, section 9, page 4, column 2
- Synonyms:
- unredden
Synonyms of dereddened
Origin of dereddened
From deredden + -ed.
From de- + reddened.
Words formed from dereddened
Questions about dereddened
- What does dereddened mean?
- Dereddened means rendered less red (regarding hue, saturation, or shade).
- What is dereddened the simple past and past participle of?
- Dereddened is the simple past and past participle of deredden.
- What part of speech is dereddened?
- Dereddened is an adjective.
Words near dereddened in the dictionary
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