red face
Anger or embarrassment
A red face is flushing of the cheeks from embarrassment, exertion, anger, or intoxication.
The phrase often appears as an adjective: a red-faced apology, red-faced with shame.
To have a red face or be red-faced is to be visibly embarrassed: He had a red face after mispronouncing the CEO's name.
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
- flushedReddened from emotion
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- shamePainful awareness of failure
humiliated · blushing · rosy · cheeks · mortified · awkward · social anxiety · stage fright · hot · burning · hot flash · scarlet · sunburn · angry · rage · high blood pressure · exertion · sweaty
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
- humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
- Chinese OperaBeijing opera, folk opera, dan, silk robes, headdress
- workout effectssweating, sweat, breathlessness, muscle soreness, soreness
red facecomposure
Emotional self-control
cool as a cucumber · calm demeanor · unruffled · equanimity · sangfroid
red facepale face
Bloodless facial appearance
pallor · white face · white as a sheet · blanched · sallow
red facepoker face
Intentionally expressionless look
straight face · shamelessness · unabashed · brazenness · thick skin
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