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[bluhsh]

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verb (used without object)

to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.

to feel shame or embarrassment (often followed by at or for): Your behavior makes me blush for your poor mother.

(of the sky, flowers, etc.) to become rosy.

(of new house paint or lacquer) to become cloudy or dull through moisture or excessive evaporation of solvents.

verb (used with object)

to make red; flush.

to make known by a blush: She could not help blushing the truth.

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noun

a reddening, as of the face.

rosy or pinkish tinge.

blusher (def. 2).

10.

Also called blush wine, rosé.

Idiom

11.

at first blush, without previous knowledge or adequate consideration; at first glance: At first blush, the solution to the problem seemed simple enough.

Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English bluschen, Old English blyscan to redden; akin to Old English blysa, Old Norse blys, Middle Low German blus torch, bloschen to blaze; (noun) Middle English blusch, blisch, derivative of the v.

Related forms

blush·ful, adjective

blush·ful·ly, adverb

blush·ful·ness, noun

blush·ing·ly, adverb

blush·less, adjective

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out·blush, verb (used with object)

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Synonyms
1. flush, color.

Antonyms
1. pale, blanch.

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Example Sentences

The rims of the sushi rolls and nigiri ovals are speckled with bits of beans and seeds, and the rice itself has a slight blush.

Crazy also has some thoughts on the perils of teaching things that make both professor and students blush.

At first blush this is statement of the blindingly obvious.

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The rims of the sushi rolls and nigiri ovals are speckled with bits of beans and seeds, and the rice itself has a slight blush.

Crazy also has some thoughts on the perils of teaching things that make both professor and students blush.

At first blush this is statement of the blindingly obvious.

Apply two cheeks on one side of the head using blush and a cotton swab.

Some are small exotic projects that at first blush seem nearly impossible.

Flowers come in four bright colors as well as blush.

Well, it appears the situation is not as dire as it appeared at first blush.

Remembering all the times they have failed in front of the audience, they blush when looking into a mirror.

America tolerates educational inequalities that would make the old world blush.

Seasonal chemistry brings a blush to a stand of fern.

The innermost planet turns out to be much more intriguing than it appeared at first blush.

Clusters of fragrant white flowers with a purplish pink blush appear in late winter.

He talks about scaling up startups with an earnestness that would make a boom-era dotcommer blush.

Applying blush and lipstick eye shadow with a mouse instead of with a cosmetics brush and a pencil.

The other disagrees, laughing, in language that would make many a man blush.

Plan for a sunset ferry ride back to town, when buildings and sky blush with pink.

Once again you are exaggerating and lying without a blush.

Our second uncertainty might seem at first blush an outcome of the first.

There was a hue that the notes called blush of poudre.

On cost, the bill appears at first blush to offer a breakthrough.

On clear summer evenings when the sun descends, the city's buildings blush.

We are now in a land where late-night cable can make your average sailor blush.

The tide used to blush red with chicken blood here and when it ebbed, leave watermarks written in feathers.

Seen in perspective, though, the situation is less drastic than it might appear at first blush.

The first blush look at the data said everything looks good.

But looked at in our light, they are not as unreasonable as tbey appear at the first blush.

The answer is not as straight forward as it appears at first blush.

And the chances are that these experienced masters of theatrical craft will not blush to find it fame.

Outsourcing is far more complex than it seems at first blush.

Anyone who thinks the popular no-makeup look is an artless product of luck and lipgloss has probably never wielded a blush brush.

The spot is scarcely larger than a dime, a coppery blush against the white of a soft cotton coverlet.

At first blush there is something to this argument.

They put too much blush on and they don't do their eyeliner quite well, but it looks fabulous in the end.

Don't hesitate to blush and curse the words you wrote.

These policies, known as mortgage life insurance, appear inexpensive at first blush.

We blush to have to tell you, but it's philoprogenitiveness.

Louis couple celebrated with a kiss that made many in attendance blush.

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World English Dictionary

blush (blʌʃ)

—vb
1.	(intr) to become suddenly red in the face from embarrassment, shame, modesty, or guilt; redden
2.	to make or become reddish or rosy

—n
3.	a sudden reddening of the face from embarrassment, shame, modesty, or guilt
4.	a rosy glow: the blush of a peach
5.	a reddish or pinkish tinge
6.	a cloudy area on the surface of freshly applied gloss paint
7.	at first blush when first seen; as a first impression

[Old English blӯscan; related to blӯsian to burn, Middle Low German blüsen to light a fire]

'blushful

—*adj*

'blushing

—n, —*adj*

'blushingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

blush

M.E. bluschen, from O.E. blyscan "blush, become red, glow" (glossing L. rutilare), akin to blyse "torch," from P.Gmc. *blusi, which also yielded words in Low Ger. (cf. Du. blozen "to blush") and O.N.; from PIE *bhles- "shine" (see blaze). For vowel evolution, see bury.

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Medical Dictionary

blush (blŭsh)
n.
A sudden and brief redness of the face and neck due to emotion; flush.

blush v.

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"Why, did you ever know a conceited man dare to praise a picture? The one thing he dreads (next to not being noticed) is to be proven fallible! If you once praise a picture, your character for infallibility hangs by a thread. Suppose it's a figure-picture, and you venture to say "draws well." Somebody measures it, and finds one of the proportions an eighth of an inch wrong. You are disposed of as a critic! "Did you say he draws well?" your friends enquire sarcastically, while you hang your head and blush. No. The only safe course, if any one says "draws well," is to shrug your shoulders. "Draws well?" you repeat thoughtfully. "Draws well? Humph!" That's the way to become a great critic!"

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