Blushing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Modest; bashful; given to blushing or suffused with blushes: as, a blushing maiden.
  • Freshly blooming; roseate, literally or figuratively.
  • noun. The act of becoming red in the face through modesty, confusion, or shame; suffusion with a roseate tint.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.
  • noun. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.
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  • verb. Present participle of blush.
  • noun. The action of the verb to blush.
  • adjective. That which blushes.
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  • adjective. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
    • Word Usage
    "Celine Dion was blushing from the cheese and schmaltz when she heard it."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    pale  
    Equivalent
    discomposed  
    Form
    blushingly  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Flushing  brushing  crushing  flushing  gushing  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blooming  erubescent  flushed  roseate  rosy  
    verb-stem
    blush  
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