blush
/ˈblʌʃ/ verb B2- To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment. · The love scene made him blush to the roots of his hair / to the tips of his ears.· He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him.
- To be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed (to do something).
- To become red or pink.
- To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to pinken; to make rosy.
- To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade). · When he saw it, he blushed a beet red.· I wasn't surprised, but it was embarrassing enough that I blushed a little pink.
- To express or make known by blushing. · Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation.
- To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers. · The garden was full of blossoms that blushed in myriad shades to form a beautiful carpet of color.
- Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.
He/she/it blushes · Past blushed · Past participle blushed · -ing form blushing
Verb forms
- Base form
- blush
- He/she/it
- blushes
- Past
- blushed
- Past participle
- blushed
- -ing form
- blushing
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Moody Spurgeon had never been so carried away by his feelings before, and he blushed uncomfortably every time he thought about it for a week.
Anne, stepping back to her seat, blushing with shyness and delight, found her hand vigorously clasped and shaken by the stout lady in pink silk.
Smiling, blushing, limpid eyed, Anne tripped back and gave a quaint, funny little selection that captivated her audience still further.
Anne blushed and admitted she was thinking of it.
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