Meanings
plural rednesses
- uncountableThe state or quality of being red.
Nancy Reagan is famous for the redness of her wardrobe.
- countableuncountableA red discoloration, especially of skin.
Redness and swelling are associated with certain superficial infections.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
nounred color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishrēadnes“redness”
- Middle Englishreednes
- Englishredness
From Middle English reednes, rednesse, from Old English rēadnes (“redness”), equivalent to red + -ness.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐρυθρότης
- ἐρυθρότης (eruthrótēs)quality of being red
Arabic حُمْرَة
- حُمْرَة (ḥumra)quality of being red
Bulgarian червенина
- червенина (červenina)quality of being red
Catalan rojor, vermellor
- rojorquality of being red
- vermellorquality of being red
Dutch roodheid
- roodheidquality of being red
Finnish punaisuus, punaisuus
- punaisuusquality of being red
- punaisuusred discoloration
French rougeur
- rougeurquality of being red
German Röte, Rötung
- Rötequality of being red
- Rötungred discoloration
Latvian sarkanums, sarkanums
- sarkanumsquality of being red
- sarkanumsred discoloration
- sarkumsred discoloration
Polish czerwoność, zaczerwienienie
- czerwonośćquality of being red
- zaczerwienieniered discoloration
Portuguese vermelhidão, rubor
- vermelhidãoquality of being red
- ruborquality of being red
- vermelhidãored discoloration
Russian краснота́, покрасне́ние
- краснота́ (krasnotá)quality of being red
- покрасне́ние (pokrasnénije)red discoloration
Spanish rojez, rojez
- rojezquality of being red
- rojezred discoloration
Swedish rödhet, rodnad
- rödhetquality of being red
- rodnadquality of being red
- rodnadred discoloration
Turkish kırmızılık, allık
- kırmızılıkred discoloration
- allıkred discoloration
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Cite this entry
redness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redness
“redness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redness.
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