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red-faced

 
Dictionary: red-faced
(rĕd'fāst')
adj.
Embarrassed: "They were caught red-handed, and now they are red-faced" (Margaret Thatcher).


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  Synonyms: aflame, crimson, red, reddened, flushed

Meaning #2: having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
  Synonyms: blushful, blushing


Translations: Red-faced
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rød i ansigtet, skamfuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
beschaamd

Français (French)
adj. - rouge, (fig) penaud, rougeaud

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rotgesichtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμήχανος, ντροπιασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
imbarazzato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - corado

Русский (Russian)
раскрасневшийся, покрасневший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - coloradote, rojo de ira, avergonzado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rödbrusig, röd i ansiktet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
由于狼狈或困窘而红着脸的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 由於狼狽或困窘而紅著臉的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얼굴이 붉은, 부끄러운, 당황한, 화가 난

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 赤い顔をした, 顔を赤らめた, 赤ら顔の, 赤面した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وجهه أحمر من الخجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלא בושה, אדום-פנים‬


 
 

 

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