red-faced

adjective

: having or showing a red face especially from embarrassment, anger, or shame

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Luis Ruelas Loves Bo Dietl (RHONJ S13): With one red-faced outburst at the season-finale party, Luis dropped the private investigator’s name and ruined Joe and Teresa’s relationship for good. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024 Low maintenance beauty sings a particular siren song at this time of year and Selena Gomez just delivered a masterclass in exactly how to navigate ‘humidity hair’ without looking red-faced and flustered. Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 30 July 2024 Redemption arcs don’t typically include red-faced, arms-flailing scream sessions. Michelle Cohn, Vulture, 14 May 2024 And Farley was wild, crashing through tables, cramming himself into ungainly costumes, and going full red-faced dynamo mode all in pursuit of every last laugh in the building. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Mateer was red-faced and uneasy on the stand, but his sense of betrayal by his former boss was palpable. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023 In one Instagram post from July, Christie shared two photos of a red-faced Crew crying, as his father sat next to him on a couch holding a popsicle. Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023 Most significantly to fans of the original, Joseph Bishara is back as the terrifying red-faced demon. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 July 2023 Josh is able to travel beyond the Red Door and frees his son, but the red-faced demon isn’t willing to let Dalton just walk away. Shannon Carlin, Time, 7 July 2023

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“Red-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-faced. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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