Dictionary

reddish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch Middle English redisch English reddish From Middle English redisch; equivalent to red + -ish.

Meanings

1. Somewhat red.
   • "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages. 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:
   • Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growth spurt and hasn’t quite settled into himself. 2025 June 3, Mark O’Connell, “‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025:
   • Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity! 1948 September and October, W. S. Darby, “The Gold Coast Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 287:
   • Most of the older buildings are of reddish-brown ironstone with mossy-tiled roofs, and almost all have stone-embanked gardens, richly planted and expertly maintained. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 374, about Tealby:

Forms

Antonyms

colorless · achromatic

Coordinates

pinkish

Deriveds

reddishly · reddishness · reddish-brown · reddish-green · reddish egret

Hypernyms

red · tinted

Hyponyms

mauvelous · rubineous · rosy · sanguine · roseate · lateritious · incarnadine

Relateds

angry · flaming · hot · enraged · glowing

Synonyms

ruddy · rufulous · reddy · rufous · rufescent · rubiform · rubicund · florid · rubricate · russet · erubescent · rusty · reddish

Translations (64)

de rötlich (somewhat red) · ast arroxáu (somewhat red) · gl rubio (somewhat red) · pl czerwonawy (somewhat red) · gl avermellado (somewhat red) · kl aappaluarpoq (somewhat red) · es rojizo (somewhat red) · is rauðleitur (somewhat red) · lv iesarkans (somewhat red) · hu pirosas (somewhat red) · hi रक्ताभ (somewhat red) · hi लोहित (somewhat red) · nb rødlig (somewhat red) · el υπέρυθρος (somewhat red) · unm màxkikte (somewhat red) · ro roșcat (somewhat red) · hy կարմրավուն (somewhat red) · pdt rodlich (somewhat red) · mi pūwhero (somewhat red) · sv rödaktig (somewhat red) · nl roodachtig (somewhat red) · aii ܡܲܣܡܩܵܢܵܐ (somewhat red) · tr kırmızımsı (somewhat red) · nb rødaktig (somewhat red) · enm redisch (somewhat red) · la surrūfus (somewhat red) · fr rougeâtre (somewhat red) · he אֲדַמְדַּם (somewhat red) · el κοκκινωπός (somewhat red) · zza surani (somewhat red) · lv sarkanīgs (somewhat red) · cs červenavý (somewhat red) · la rufulus (somewhat red) · az qırmızımtıl (somewhat red) · ast robrizu (somewhat red) · mi pūwhewhero (somewhat red) · fi punertava (somewhat red) · tr kırmızımtırak (somewhat red) · it rossiccio (somewhat red) · io redatra (somewhat red) · mi mawera (somewhat red) · ga scothdhearg (somewhat red) · bg червеникав (somewhat red) · mi kuratea (somewhat red) · ca rogenc (somewhat red) · pt avermelhado (somewhat red) · tr kızılca (somewhat red) · ckb سوور ھەڵگەڕاو (somewhat red) · ca vermellós (somewhat red) · mr लालसर (somewhat red) · it rossastro (somewhat red) · ru краснова́тый (somewhat red) · xal улавтр (somewhat red) · kl aappalajappoq (somewhat red) · af rooierig (somewhat red) · cjs қызылзыбан (somewhat red) · es rúbeo (somewhat red) · la rubellus (somewhat red) · ka მოწითალო (somewhat red) · mk црве́никав (somewhat red) · cjs қызылдырым (somewhat red) · mi mākurakura (somewhat red) · es rubescente (somewhat red) · kl aappaluppoq (somewhat red)