red-faced

See also: redfaced

English

Alternative forms

• redfaced

Adjective

red-faced (comparative more red-faced, superlative most red-faced)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red,‎ face.
   • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:

     I suppose that nowadays the red-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, page 31:

     A red-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.

2. With a red face; flushed, due to emotional or physical causes.
   1. (by extension) embarrassed

      A red-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room.

   2. (by extension) inebriate

      Coming home late and red-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you.

   3. (by extension) angry

      The customer gave a red-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.