[syn: red, redness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Redness \Red"ness\, n. [AS. re['a]dness. See Red.]
The quality or state of being red; red color.
[1913 Webster] Redolence
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
redness
n 1: a response of body tissues to injury or irritation;
characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
[syn: inflammation, redness, rubor]
2: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue
of blood [syn: red, redness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "redness":
amblyopia, blearedness, bleariness, bloom, blurredness, blush,
dim eyes, dim-sightedness, dull-sightedness, fieriness, flush,
glow, gravel-blindness, hectic, hectic flush, incandescence,
lippitude, purblindness, rosiness, sand-blindness, whiteness