red-faced

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See also:redfaced

English

red-faced (comparativemorered-faced,superlativemostred-faced)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seered,‎face.
- 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, inRailway Magazine, page18:
  I suppose that nowadays thered-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.
- 2004, Robin Chittenden,Birds of Prey of the World, page31:
  Ared-faced bird with a striking white head and underside, and black-and-white wings and tail, the Palmnut Vulture lives in tropical forested areas of Africa, often by lakes, rivers, and seashores.
With a red face;flushed, due toemotional orphysical causes.
1. (by extension)embarrassed
  Ared-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room.
2. (by extension)inebriate
  Coming home late andred-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you.
3. (by extension)angry
  The customer gave ared-faced account of the argument with the waiter.
4. (by extension)flustered
  "I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out,red-faced.
5. (by extension)exhausted
  He collapsed,red-faced from the effort, against the door jamb.

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