empurpled

empurpled is the simple past and past participle of empurple.

Adjective

empurpled (comparative more empurpled, superlative most empurpled)

made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
- 2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." —Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine." http://www.slate.com/id/2111506
over-embellished or flowery

empurple (third-person singular simple present empurples, present participle empurpling, simple past and past participle empurpled)

To make purple.
- Some [wines] deep empurpled as the Hyacine,
  Some as the rubine, laughing sweetly red,
  Şome like fair emerauds, not yet well ripened1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.

comparative	more empurpled
superlative	most empurpled

What does empurpled mean?: Empurpled means made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
What is empurpled the simple past and past participle of?: Empurpled is the simple past and past participle of empurple.
What part of speech is empurpled?: Empurpled is an adjective.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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