redfaced

Adjective

red-faced (comparative more red-faced, superlative most red-faced)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.
   • I suppose that nowadays the red-faced farmers, whose invariable topic (so a friendly guard who understood Welsh told me) was sheep and their prices, find their own cars or the buses more convenient than a Western Region main line for their short-distance peregrinations to market.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18
2. (broadly) embarrassed
   • A red-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room.
3. (broadly) inebriate
   • Coming home late and red-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you.
4. (broadly) angry
   • The customer gave a red-faced account of the argument with the waiter.
5. (broadly) flustered
   • "I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out, red-faced.
6. (broadly) exhausted
   • He collapsed, red-faced from the effort, against the door jamb.