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dereddened

dereddened is the simple past and past participle of deredden.

Adjective

dereddened (not comparable)

  1. Rendered less red (regarding hue, saturation, or shade).
    Synonyms:
    unreddened
  2. 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)

  1. (transitive) To correct for redshift.
    Synonyms:
    unredden
  2. (transitive) 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

  1. derecruiting
  2. derecruitment
  3. derecruits
  4. dered
  5. deredden
  6. dereddened
  7. dereddening
  8. dereddens
  9. deredere
  10. derederes
  11. Dereemer

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