blushing

blush (bl

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intr.v. blushed, blush·ing, blush·es

1. To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.

2. To become red or rosy.

3. To feel embarrassed or ashamed: blushed at his own audacity.

1. A reddening of the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame.

2. A red or rosy color: the blush of dawn.

3. A glance, look, or view: thought the painting genuine at first blush.

4. Blusher.

[Middle English blushen, from Old English blyscan; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

blushful adj.

blushing·ly adv.

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Adj.

blushing - having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger"

blushful, red-faced

discomposed - having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air"

blushing noun

Related words
fear ereuthophobia

Translations

blushing [ˈblʌʃɪŋ] ADJ → ruboroso; [bride] → candoroso

blushing

adj → errötend; the blushing bride → die sittsame Braut

blushing [ˈblʌʃɪŋ] adj the blushing bride (hum) → la dolce sposina

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I DWELT alone In a world of moan, And my soul was a stagnant tide, Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride - Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

Blushing as red as any rose that she should have intruded into a gentleman's bedchamber, and for such a purpose, too, she was about to make her escape on tiptoe.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

An episode of humour or kindness touches and amuses him here and there--a pretty child looking at a gingerbread stall; a pretty girl blushing whilst her lover talks to her and chooses her fairing; poor Tom Fool, yonder behind the waggon, mumbling his bone with the honest family which lives by his tumbling; but the general impression is one more melancholy than mirthful.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

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