What part of speech is reddened?

Reddened can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. reddened is a verb, past participle of redden (infinitive).
  • 2. reddened is a verb, past simple of redden (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does reddened mean?

Definitions

Adjective

reddened - (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"
reddened - lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"

Verb

redden - make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"
redden - turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"
redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

Examples of reddened

#   Sentence  
1. adj. With puffy reddened eyes.
2. adj. Reddened faces around the campfire.
3. verb He reddened like a schoolboy.
4. verb Her face reddened as he sang to her.
5. verb Tom's face reddened.
6. verb I gripped your arm until it reddened.
7. verb Her cheeks reddened.
8. verb I reddened like a tomato.
9. verb Through the clear wintry sunshine the bells this morning rang from the gray church tower amid the leafless elms, and up the walk the villagers trooped in their best dresses and their best faces — the latter a little reddened by the sharp wind: mere redness in the middle aged; in the maids, wonderful bloom to the eyes of their lovers — and took their places decently in the ancient pews.
10. verb Her face reddened.
11. verb Mary's face reddened.
12. verb His face reddened with shame.
13. verb His eyes had reddened.
14. verb Her eyes had reddened.
15. verb Had Moses seen my beloved's face reddened from drunkenness, and his beautiful curls and majesty, he would not have written in his Torah: "do not lie with a man."
16. verb The cold reddened her legs.
Sentence  
adj.
With puffy reddened eyes.
Reddened faces around the campfire.
verb
He reddened like a schoolboy.
Her face reddened as he sang to her.
Tom's face reddened.
I gripped your arm until it reddened.
Her cheeks reddened.
I reddened like a tomato.
Through the clear wintry sunshine the bells this morning rang from the gray church tower amid the leafless elms, and up the walk the villagers trooped in their best dresses and their best faces — the latter a little reddened by the sharp wind: mere redness in the middle aged; in the maids, wonderful bloom to the eyes of their lovers — and took their places decently in the ancient pews.
Her face reddened.
Mary's face reddened.
His face reddened with shame.
His eyes had reddened.
Her eyes had reddened.
Had Moses seen my beloved's face reddened from drunkenness, and his beautiful curls and majesty, he would not have written in his Torah: "do not lie with a man."
The cold reddened her legs.

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