With every minute, the flames began to redden the sky in a dramatic display.
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Redden
//ˈɹɛdn̩//
Synonyms for "redden" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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79 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِحْمَرَّ verb (to become red)
- حَمَّرَ verb (to make red)
Armenian
3 entries- կարմրանալ verb (to become red)
- կարմրացնել verb (to make red)
- կարմրել verb (to become red)
Aromanian
1 entries- arushescu verb (to become red)
Assamese
2 entries- ৰঙা হোৱা verb (to become red)
- ৰঙোৱা verb (to make red)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܣܲܡܸܩ verb (to become red)
- ܣܵܡܹܩ verb (to make red)
Bulgarian
3 entries- боядисвам червено verb (to make red)
- изчервявам се verb (to become red)
- почервенявам verb (to become red)
Catalan
2 entries- envermellir verb (to make red)
- envermellir-se verb (to become red)
Czech
3 entries- rdít verb (to become red)
- rudnout verb (to become red)
- červenat verb (to become red)
Dutch
2 entries- rood maken verb (to make red)
- rood worden verb (to become red)
Esperanto
2 entries- ruĝigi verb (to make red)
- ruĝiĝi verb (to become red)
Finnish
4 entries- punastua verb (to become red)
- punastuttaa verb (to make red)
- punata verb (to make red)
- punehtua verb (to become red)
French
2 entries- faire rougir verb (to make red)
- rougir verb (to become red)
German
2 entries- erröten verb (to become red)
- röten verb (to make red)
Greek
1 entries- κοκκινίζω verb (to become red)
Hebrew
2 entries- אָדַם verb (to become red)
- הֶאֱדִים verb (to become red)
Hungarian
4 entries- pirosodik verb (to become red)
- pirosít verb (to make red)
- vörösít verb (to make red)
- vörösödik verb (to become red)
Ido
1 entries- redeskar verb (to become red)
Indonesian
1 entries- memerah verb (to become red)
Ingrian
2 entries- punettia verb (to become red)
- punettua verb (to become red)
Karakhanid
1 entries- قِزَرْماقْ verb (to become red)
Korean
1 entries- 붉어지다 verb (to become red)
Latin
3 entries- rubefaciō verb (to make red)
- rubeo verb (to become red)
- rutilō verb (to become red)
Māori
3 entries- pāhanahana verb (to make red)
- whakawaikura verb (to make red)
- whero verb (to become red)
Old English
1 entries- rēodan verb (to make red)
Old Norse
1 entries- rjóða verb (to make red)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیزارمق verb (to become red)
Polish
4 entries- czerwienieć verb (to become red)
- czerwienić verb (to make red)
- czerwienić się verb (to become red)
- poczerwienieć verb (to become red)
Portuguese
4 entries- avermelhar verb (to become red)
- avermelhar verb (to make red)
- vermelhar verb (to become red)
- vermelhar verb (to make red)
Romanian
2 entries- roși verb (to become red)
- roși verb (to make red)
Russian
3 entries- красне́ть verb (to become red)
- красни́ть verb (to make red)
- покрасне́ть verb (to become red)
Spanish
2 entries- enrojecer verb (to become red)
- enrojecer verb (to make red)
Swedish
1 entries- rodna verb (to become red)
Telugu
1 entries- ఎర్రబడు verb (to become red)
Turkish
1 entries- kızarmak verb (to become red)
Ukrainian
4 entries- почервони́ти verb (to make red)
- почервоні́ти verb (to become red)
- червони́ти verb (to make red)
- червоні́ти verb (to become red)
Unami
1 entries- màxkënëmën verb (to make red)
Uzbek
1 entries- qizarmoq verb (to become red)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.
Source: wiktionary
Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.
Source: wiktionary
1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, Faber & Faber, "Phaethon," lines 227-9, p. 32, When the sun-god saw that, and the reddening sky And the waning moon seeming to thaw He called the Hours to yoke the horses.
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