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Red in the face

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    embarrassed
  2. 2
    excited, outraged

    "On air on Tuesday, [Tucker] Carlson claimed Democrats had shown “hysteria, overstatement, crazed hyperbole, red-in-the-face anger” over his use of the January 6 footage. It was “not outrage”, he said, but “fear. It’s panic.”"

Etymology

A reference to one's face flushing from embarrassment.

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