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reddening

reddening is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

reddening (plural reddenings)

  1. (gerund) The act or process of becoming red or redder.
    • The cold weather caused some cheek reddening and some nose running.
    • There was some noticeable reddening in her cheeks when she had been drinking.

Antonyms of reddening

Forms of reddening

pluralreddenings

Words formed from reddening

Questions about reddening

What does reddening mean?
Reddening means the act or process of becoming red or redder.
What is reddening the present participle and gerund of?
Reddening is the present participle and gerund of redden.
What part of speech is reddening?
Reddening is a noun.
What is the plural of reddening?
The plural of reddening is reddenings.

Words near reddening in the dictionary

  1. reddened
  2. reddener
  3. reddeners
  4. reddenest
  5. reddeneth
  6. reddening
  7. reddeningly
  8. reddenings
  9. reddens
  10. redder
  11. Redders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reddening (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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