blushing


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blush

 (blŭsh)
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. Makeup used on the face and especially on the cheekbones to give a usually rosy tint. Also called blusher.
[Middle English blushen, from Old English blyscan; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
blush′ful adj.
blush′ing·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
blushful, red-faced
discomposed - having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air"
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blushing

noun
Related words
fear ereuthophobia
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Translations

blushing

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

adj → errötend; the blushing bride → die sittsame Braut
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blushing

[ˈblʌʃɪŋ] adj the blushing bride (hum) → la dolce sposina
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blush·ing

n. rubor.
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'Sissy Jupe, sir,' explained number twenty, blushing, standing up, and curtseying.
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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.
Her, only, could he love with a perfect love; him, only, could she receive into the depths of her heart; and now her image was faintly blushing in the fountain, by his side; should it pass away, its happy lustre would never gleam upon his life again.
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A poor gasping, blushing creature, with trembling knees and twitching hands, is a painful sight to every one, and if it cannot cure itself, the sooner it goes and hangs itself the better.
"Look," cry his tittering audience to each other; "he's blushing!"
All women are supposed to be like timid, startled fawns, blushing and casting down their gentle eyes when looked at and running away when spoken to; while we man are supposed to be a bold and rollicky lot, and the poor dear little women admire us for it, but are terribly afraid of us.
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Benjamin blushed--I was going to say, like a young girl; but young girls have given up blushing in these latter days of the age we live in.
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"How funny you are!" he said, bending down to her and blushing still more, but he waited and did nothing.
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When Oblonsky asked Levin what had brought him to town, Levin blushed, and was furious with himself for blushing, because he could not answer, "I have come to make your sister-in-law an offer," though that was precisely what he had come for.
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She felt that she ought to be blushing while making such a confession; but she was not; on the other hand, she always blushed hotly when any one said anything about Gilbert Blythe or Christine Stuart in her hearing.
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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.
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ALL our emotions involve physical components: hearts racing when we feel fear, pupils dilating when we feel love, muscles tensing when we feel angry and blushing when we feel embarrassed, are common examples.
What makes people blush; mind MATTER OVER

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