red in the face

English

Etymology

A reference to one's face flushing from embarrassment.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Adjective

red in the face (comparative more red in the face, superlative most red in the face)

1. embarrassed
2. excited, outraged
   • 2023 March 8, Martin Pengelly, “Tucker Carlson, who ‘passionately hates’ Trump, shows more Capitol footage”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.”