ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Blush

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈblʌʃ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Blush is a noun meaning An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

Meaning

An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
(figuratively) A feeling or appearance of optimism.
(uncountable, countable, cosmetics) A cosmetic, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks and lips.
A color between pink and cream.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed (to do something).
(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
(chiefly US) Ellipsis of blush wine.

Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush.

Each painting consists of a white aluminum disk, sprayed at the edges with a subtle blush of blue, pink or grey.

It was a sudden revelation, a tinge like a blush which one tried to check and then, as it spread, one yielded to its expansion […]

Why, Warwick, canst thou speak against thy liege, Whom thou obeyed’st thirty and six years, And not bewray thy treason with a blush?

Depending on context, synonyms include flush, pinken, redden, color, blusher, rouge.

Related dictionary entries include redden, crimson, rosiness, bloom, flush, redness.

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