red-faced

1. 1.

   (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

   “crimson with fury”

   “turned red from exertion”

   “with puffy reddened eyes”

   “red-faced and violent”

   “flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment”

   Synonymscrimsonredreddenedflushed

   Similarcolored
2. 2.

   having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset

   “the blushing boy was brought before the Principal”

   “her blushful beau”

   “was red-faced with anger”

   Synonymsblushfulblushing

   Similardiscomposed

Questions about red-faced

What does red-faced mean?

red-faced means "(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in red-faced?

red-faced has 2 syllables: red--faced. The stress falls on "red-".

What is another word for red-faced?

Close synonyms include crimson, red, reddened, flushed, blushful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red-faced a common word?

red-faced is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.