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blushing

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blush  (blsh)
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.
n.
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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"
discomposed - having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air"

blushing noun
Related words
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Translations
blushing [ˈblʌʃɪŋ] ADJruboroso; [bride] → candoroso
blushing
adjerrötend; the blushing bridedie sittsame Braut
blushing [ˈblʌʃɪŋ] adj the blushing bride (hum) → la dolce sposina
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.
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.
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.
 
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