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A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
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blush
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 An act of blushing. 2 (context uncountable English) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. Confer rouge. 3 A color between pink and cream. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To redden in the face from shame, ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Blush was a Mexican pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco made up of 4 young women.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., bluschen , blischen , probably from Old English blyscan "blush, become red, glow" (glossing Latin rutilare ), akin to blyse "torch," from Proto-Germanic *blisk- "to shine, burn," which also yielded words in Low German (Dutch blozen "to blush") ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blush \Blush\, n. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. The rosy blush of love. --Trumbull. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint. Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. --Lyttleton. At first ...
Usage examples of blush.
Beside myself with rage, blushing for very shame, seeing but too late the fault I had committed by accepting the society of a scoundrel, I went up to my room, and hurriedly packed up my carpet-bag.
However, she blushed so terribly that I thought I must be distressing her, and I left her in peace, hoping to become better acquainted with her.
He justly observes, that in the recent changes, both religions had been alternately disgraced by the seeming acquisition of worthless proselytes, of those votaries of the reigning purple, who could pass, without a reason, and without a blush, from the church to the temple, and from the altars of Jupiter to the sacred table of the Christians.
As soon as Seregil discovered how Alec blushed at the bawdy ones, he made a special point of including plenty of those.
The sight of her round, bared breast made Alec blush at first, but he soon came to regard it as one of the simple pleasures of the day.
Lipsticks and Demerols, blushes and Percocet-5, Aubergine Dreams and Nembutal Sodium capsules are spread out all over the aquamarine countertops around the vanity sink.
Troy settled at a table in the saloon, finished her drawing and treated it to a lovely blush of aquarelle crayons which she had bought for fun and because they were easy to carry.
If her gentle, questioning eyes happened to rest on him at such times, something very like a blush rose into his face, and the babbler was silenced with a terribly significant look.
John blushed, knowing the Baptist had indeed read more than he had hoped in his expression.
I say our baser ore, that at the virgin touch of our philosophical stone blushed into ruddy gold?
All the guests began to clap, and my fair neighbour blushed with pleasure.
I thought the idea a grand one, and the little fellow, in spite of his blushes, begged her to say how he had offended.
She blushed and sighed, and then being obliged to say something, begged me to forget everything that had passed between us.
Miss Possum, blushing, and Blinky just managed in time to avoid being hugged.
His longing expression, followed by sheepish blushing, finished off one lingering doubt Maia had nursedthat Brod might just possibly be a spy, left here by the reavers to watch over the prisoners.