What does redden mean?
Redden means (intransitive) To become red or redder..
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/ˈɹɛdn̩/ · verb
(intransitive) To become red or redder..
But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.
Ere this had redden'd with my odious blood.
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.
God redden your pale blood!
[…] If the cloud that hangs Upon the heart and round the mind Cleared from the north and in that height The sun appeared and reddened great Belshazzar's brow, O, ruler, rude With rubies then, attend me now.
Then listen Thebes, nurse of Semele, Crown your hair with ivy Turn your fingers green with bryony Redden your walls with berries.
Use redden when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Redden means (intransitive) To become red or redder..
Common synonyms include flush, crimson, blush.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But I will make you blush; nay, I will make you redden all over.
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