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Meaning of red in the face | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. embarrassed
  2. excited, outraged

Examples

“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.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

red in tooth and claw red pilled red violet red-assed red-billed red-blood

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