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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blush \Blush\ (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed} (bl[u^]sht); p. pr & vb n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look turn red, AS blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.] 1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause as the cheeks or face. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn. --Milton. In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. --Buckminster. He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper. 2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color. The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. --Shak. 3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T. Gray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blushing \Blush"ing\, a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate. The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blushing \Blush"ing\, n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blushing adj : 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" [syn: {blushful}, {blushing(a)}, {red-faced}]
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