pinkening

Verb

pinken (third-person singular simple present pinkens, present participle pinkening, simple past and past participle pinkened)

1. (intransitive) To become pink.
   • For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii
2. (transitive) To make pink.
   • Then unrolled his wet trouser pants, water dripping down his ankles, heat pinkening his skin.2025, Hannah Linder, The Red Cottage, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
3. (intransitive) To blush.