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reddened

reddened is the simple past and past participle of redden.

Meaning of redden

Verb

redden (third-person singular simple present reddens, present participle reddening, simple past and past participle reddened)

  1. (intransitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To make red or redder.
    • God redden your pale blood!1884, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Becket, act I, scene 4

See all 4 meanings of redden

Adjective

reddened (comparative more reddened, superlative most reddened)

  1. Made red.
    • Her reddened face told me she was angry.
    • The reddened western sky was taken as an omen of changing weather.

Antonyms of reddened

Forms of reddened

comparativemore reddened
superlativemost reddened

Questions about reddened

What does reddened mean?
Reddened means made red.
What is reddened the simple past and past participle of?
Reddened is the simple past and past participle of redden.
What part of speech is reddened?
Reddened is an adjective.

Words near reddened in the dictionary

  1. reddendo
  2. reddendoes
  3. reddendos
  4. reddendum
  5. reddendums
  6. reddened
  7. reddener
  8. reddeners
  9. reddenest
  10. reddeneth
  11. reddening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reddened (page history and authors); redden (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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