Meanings
verbpinken (third-person singular simple present pinkens, present participle pinkening, simple past and past participle pinkened)
present singular third person pinkens · participle present pinkening · participle past pinkened · past pinkened
- intransitiveTo become pink.
For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.
2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii - transitiveTo make pink.
Then unrolled his wet trouser pants, water dripping down his ankles, heat pinkening his skin.
2025, Hannah Linder, The Red Cottage, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated - intransitiveTo blush.
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Translations
Bulgarian порозовявам, изчервявам се
- порозовявам (porozovjavam)To become pink.
- изчервявам се (izčervjavam se)To blush.
Esperanto roziĝi, rozi
- roziĝiTo become pink.
- roziTo make pink.
- ruĝiĝiTo blush.
French rosir, rosir
- rosirTo become pink.
- rosirTo make pink.
- rougirTo blush.
Polish różowieć, poróżowieć
- różowiećTo become pink.
- poróżowiećTo become pink.
- zaróżowiećTo become pink.
- różowić sięTo become pink.
- zaróżowić sięTo become pink.
- różowićTo make pink.
- zaróżowićTo make pink.
- rumienić sięTo blush.
- zarumienić sięTo blush.
- czerwienić sięTo blush.
- zaczerwienić sięTo blush.
- czerwieniećTo blush.
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Cite this entry
APA
pinken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinken
MLA
“pinken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinken. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinken.
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