redden
Syllables: red·den/ˈɹɛdn̩/
redden verb: to become red or redder.
Verb
redden (third-person singular simple present reddens, present participle reddening, simple past and past participle reddened)
- To become red or redder.
- But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.1769, Plautus, Bonnell Thornton (translation), "The Captives", The Comedies of Plautus, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, page 341
- Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.1794, William Hamilton, "Mithridates", Poems on Several Occasions, W. Gordon, page 258
- To make red or redder.
- God redden your pale blood!1884, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Becket, act I, scene 4
- […] If the cloud that hangs
Upon the heart and round the mind
Cleared from the north and in that height
The sun appeared and reddened great
Belshazzar's brow, O, ruler, rude
With rubies then, attend me now.1942, Wallace Stevens, “Country Words”, in The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, Knopf, published 1971, page 207
Proper noun capitalized: Redden
Redden
- A male given name.
- A surname.
- Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case.2024 December 11, “The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in prison”, in BBC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2025
redden meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
redden in Tamil
- to redden, blush, be red
- சிவ civa, செவ ceva
redden in Urdu
- لال بنانا, سرخ کرنا, لال ہونا, سرخ ہونا
redden in Bengali
- লাল হওয়া, লাল করা
redden in Telugu
- to become red
- ఎర్రబడు errabaḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- redden in Malayalam
- ചുമക്കുക cumakkuka, ചുവക്കുക cuvakkuka
- redden in Kannada
- ಕೆಕ್ಕರಿಸು, ಕಿಸುಗುಟ್ಟು, ಕೆಂಪುಗಟ್ಟು, ಕಿಸುಪೇರು
- redden in Sanskrit
- रञ्ज् rañj
- redden in Assamese
- ৰঙা হোৱা roṅa hüa, ৰঙোৱা roṅüa
- redden in Arabic
- اِحْمَرَّ iḥmarra, حَمَّرَ ḥammara
- redden in Indonesian
- memerah
Examples of redden in a sentence
- The cold weather caused some cheek reddening and some nose running.
- There was some noticeable reddening in her cheeks when she had been drinking.
- The reddened western sky was taken as an omen of changing weather.
Forms of redden
| third-person singular present | reddens |
|---|---|
| present participle | reddening |
| past participle | reddened |
| past | reddened |
Origin of redden
From red + -en.
Words formed from redden
Words that rhyme with redden
Questions about redden
- What does redden mean?
- Redden means to become red or redder.
- What is redden in Tamil?
- Redden in Tamil is சிவ (civa), செவ (ceva). See Redden meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is redden?
- Redden can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce redden?
- Redden is pronounced /ˈɹɛdn̩/.
- What is the past tense of redden?
- The past tense of redden is reddened.
Words near redden in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: redden (page history and authors); Redden (page history and authors); சிவ (Tamil) (page history and authors); redden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redden (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ചുമക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); redden (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रञ्ज् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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