red-faced
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "A red-faced John edged his way quietly out of the room."
- "Coming home late and red-faced every night from the pub is not what I expected of you."
- "The customer gave a red-faced account of the argument with the waiter."
- ""I can't for the life of me think where I left the tickets!", she cried out, red-faced."