The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASHAMED , but the solution may also be SHAMED which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Red-faced crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASHAMED | 52 % | 7 |
| ABLUSH | 14 % | 6 |
| ABASHED | 10 % | 7 |
| FLORID | 7 % | 6 |
| ROUGED | 3 % | 6 |
| IRATE | 3 % | 5 |
| SCARLET | 3 % | 7 |
| SHAMED | 3 % | 6 |
| BLUSHING | 3 % | 8 |
Why may SHAMED be the right solution?
"Red-faced" is a common idiom used to describe someone who is embarrassed or ashamed. "Shamed" is a synonym for embarrassed or ashamed, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Red-faced
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- discomposed
- aflame
- colorful
- colored
- coloured
- flushed
- reddened
- red
- blushful
- blushing
- crimson
- in color
Crossword Answer definitions
ASHAMED verb- To feel shame; to be ashamed.
- To make ashamed; to shame.
- Feeling shame or guilt.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ASHAMED
- Humiliated
- Totally humiliated
- Hiding one's face, say
- Feeling guilt
- Remorseful
- Feeling embarrassment
- Mortified
- Embarrassed
- Red-faced
- Red in the face
More clues leading to the result ABLUSH
- Visibly embarrassed
- Rosy.
- Embarrassed
- Reddening
- Having a rosy glow
- Red in the face
- Red-faced
- Red with embarrassment
- Embarrassed, maybe
- Obviously embarrassed
More clues leading to the result ABASHED
- Embarrassed
- Put to shame
- Shamed
- Red-faced
- Experiencing chagrin
- Feeling foolish
- Disconcerted
- Made ashamed
- Red
- Hangdog
More clues leading to the result FLORID
- Overly ornate
- Ruddy
- Very ornate
- Red-faced
- Excessively ornate
- *Overly ornate
- Ornate, as writing
- Showy
- Gaudy.
- Rococo
More clues leading to the result ROUGED
- Applied makeup, in a way
- Made up, in a way
- Made ruddy, perhaps
- Made up, maybe
- Reddened.
- Applied a cosmetic.
- Made up.
- Applied cosmetics
- Colored, as cheeks
- Red-faced?
More clues leading to the result IRATE
- Angry
- Boiling mad
- Fuming
- Furious
- Mad as a wet hen
- Mad as heck
- Ticked off
- In a dither
- In a pique
- More than sore
More clues leading to the result SCARLET
- Doyle's "A Study in __"
- "The ___ Pimpernel"
- The __ Letter
- Like Hester's A
- A's hue in a tale
- Pimpernel color
- Blood-red
- Red shade
- Color similar to poppy
- Like an infamous "A"
More clues leading to the result SHAMED
- Humiliated
- Embarrassed
- Brought ignominy to
- Chagrined
- Mortified
- Dishonored
- Disgraced
- Brought dishonor upon
- Disgraced.
- Impelled by a sense of guilt.