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blush

[ bluhsh ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to redden, as from self-consciousness, embarrassment, or shame:

    He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to feel shame or embarrassment (often followed by at or for ):

    Your behavior makes me blush for your poor mother.

  3. (of the sky, flowers, etc.) to become rosy.
  4. (of house paint or lacquer) to become cloudy or dull through moisture or excessive evaporation of solvents.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make red; flush.
  2. to make known by a blush:

    She could not help blushing the truth.

noun

  1. a reddening, as of the face.
  2. rosy or pinkish tinge.
  3. Also called blusher,. a cosmetic used to add a pink or reddish color to the cheeks.
  4. Also called blush wine. Dzé ( def ).

blush

/ ʌʃ /

verb

  1. intr to become suddenly red in the face from embarrassment, shame, modesty, or guilt; redden
  2. to make or become reddish or rosy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a sudden reddening of the face from embarrassment, shame, modesty, or guilt
  2. a rosy glow

    the blush of a peach

  3. a reddish or pinkish tinge
  4. a cloudy area on the surface of freshly applied gloss paint
  5. at first blush
    when first seen; as a first impression
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ˈܲڳܱ, adjective
  • ˈܲ󾱲Բ, nounadjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of blush1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English verb blushen, blyshen “to glow,” probably from Old English blyscan “to glow brightly, glow red”; akin to Old English blysa, blisa, Old Norse blys, Middle Low German blus “tǰ,” bloschen “to blaze”; noun derived from the verb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of blush1

Old English ӯ ; related to ӯ to burn, Middle Low German ü to light a fire
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. at first blush, without previous knowledge or adequate consideration; at first glance:

    At first blush, the solution to the problem seemed simple enough.

More idioms and phrases containing blush

see at first blush .
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Example Sentences

Lutnick’s dismissal of the effect of delayed payments on millions of Americans was so crass and cavalier it would make Ayn Rand blush.

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Listen, you’re actually going to have a dark-skinned brother turning purple, blushing up in here.

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The weekend before the inauguration, Trump cashed in on his cultists' faith with a grift so obvious it would make Jim Bakker blush: releasing meme coins named after himself and his wife.

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"A drag queen does not say things to flatter people. A queen makes you blush, you know what I mean? Expect the same energy at my show."

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Plymouth, though, went toe-to-toe with them and hardly gave the hosts an inch, after overcoming early blushes when they allowed Fabio Carvalho to have a couple of sighters at their goal.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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