Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb redden

3 senses of redden

Sense 1
blush, crimson, flush, redden -- (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by")
       => discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")

Sense 2
redden -- (make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky")
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")

Sense 3
redden -- (turn red or redder; "The sky reddened")
       => discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")