Meanings
comparative more red in the face · superlative most red in the face
- excited, outraged
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.”
2023 March 8, Martin Pengelly, “Tucker Carlson, who ‘passionately hates’ Trump, shows more Capitol footage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
A reference to one's face flushing from embarrassment.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with red in the face
Cite this entry
red in the face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20in%20the%20face
“red in the face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20in%20the%20face. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red in the face,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20in%20the%20face.
Source: red in the face on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.