redden

Other forms of redden

past tense

reddenned·

present participle

reddenning·

third person

reddens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about redden

What does redden mean?

redden means "turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in redden?

redden has 2 syllables: red-den. The stress falls on "red". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛdən/.

What is another word for redden?

Close synonyms include blush, crimson, flush. 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 redden a common word?

redden is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.