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blush en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈblʌʃ/
• (US) audio
• [ˈblʌʃ]

Etymology

From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.
   • […] when he perceived her industriously avoiding any explanation, he was contented to remain in ignorance, the rather as he was not without suspicion that there were some circumstances which must have raised her blushes, had she related the whole truth. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII:
   • Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
   • Why, Warwick, canst thou speak against thy liege, Whom thou obeyed’st thirty and six years, And not bewray thy treason with a blush? c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
   • 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 […] 1925 May 14, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
   • And now the rosy blush of morn began to mantle in the east, and soon the rising sun, emerging from amidst golden and purple clouds, shed his blithesome rays on the tin weathercocks of Communipaw. 1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC:
   • Each painting consists of a white aluminum disk, sprayed at the edges with a subtle blush of blue, pink or grey. 1968 August 10, “Light on Light”, in Time:
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A feeling or appearance of optimism.
   • 1974, “April's Fading Carnation,” Time, 9 September, 1974,https://web.archive.org/web/20130813201436/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904100,00.html The independence ceremony could not keep the blush of April's revolution, when carnations had seemed to sprout from every buttonhole, from fading.
   • 2016, David McKay, “AngloGold to fire up dividend in 2017 as net debt cut a third,” miningmx.com, 15 August, 2016, The weakening of local currencies – in Argentina, Australia and Brazil – gave a blush to the financial numbers. (As a whole, all-in sustaining costs (AISC) improved to an average of $911/oz compared with the $924/oz recorded in the first half of 2015).
4. (countable, uncountable) A cosmetic, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks and lips.
   • The same rules that apply to face powder apply to powder blush, since neither contains water. Cream blush, however, should be replaced after a year. To prolong the life of any blush, clean your blush brush regularly and store the product in a dry place. 2016, Sana Passricha, “Keep or Toss: The Shelflife of Your Beauty Treasures,” iDIVA, 22 July, 2016,_(http://www.idiva.com/news-style-beauty/keep-or-toss-the-shelf-life-of-your-beauty-treasures/16072264)
5. (countable, uncountable) A color between pink and cream.
   • Makeup colors like ivory and blush dominate spring collections and have even infiltrated Burberry's shoes. 2006 January 9, Kate Betts, “What to Watch For in 2006”, in Time:
6. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of blush wine.
   alt of blush wine
   • 2016, Mishkah Abrahams, “Blush or Rosé? The Cape's Best Summer Drink,” capetownetc.com, 29 September, 2016, If you’re looking to indulge in some good food while you sip your blush, pair the Chardonnay-Pinot Noir with fresh, summer foods such as sushi, refreshing salads, delicious seafood and fruity summertime desserts.

Forms

Deriveds

sunblush · blushless · blushlike · put to the blush · spare someone's blushes · blushy · blush is off the peach · maiden's blush · blushful · blush is off the rose · blushwort · at first blush · blush macaranga · blushwood

Descendants

blush

Synonyms

blusher · color · rouge

Translations (111)

fr fard à joues (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · tl kolorete (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · hu rúzs (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · fi punastuminen (an act of blushing) · el ρουζ (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · fa روژ گونه (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Gesichtsröte (an act of blushing) · ja 頬紅 (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · it fard (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · az ənlik (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · es arrebol (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · id merah merona (color) · pl róż (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · el κοκκίνισμα (an act of blushing) · ms cepua (an act of blushing) · et põsepuna (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · fr fard (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · sh зарудак (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · be румя́ны (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Röte (an act of blushing) · is kinnalitur (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · eo ruĝiĝo (an act of blushing) · ko 홍조 (an act of blushing) · uk почервоні́ння (an act of blushing) · ltg tveikst (an act of blushing) · ja 紅潮 (an act of blushing) · es colorete (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Lachs (color) · ko 담홍색 (color) · cmn 臉紅 /脸红 (an act of blushing) · hy սնգույր (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ru кра́ска стыда́ (an act of blushing) · sh zarudak (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · lv sarkst (an act of blushing) · sv rodnande (an act of blushing) · fa سرخاب (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ko 블러셔 (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · pl zaczerwienienie (an act of blushing) · es bochorno (an act of blushing) · he סֹמֶק (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · tr allık (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · da blush (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ar رُوج (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ja 淡紅色 (color) · et ruuž (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · id tersipu (an act of blushing) · tl himula (an act of blushing) · ru покрасне́ние (an act of blushing) · id perona pipi (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Erröten (an act of blushing) · gl rubor (an act of blushing) · slr eñlik (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · fi poskipuna (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · tr kızarmak (an act of blushing) · pt corar (an act of blushing) · sh румѐнило (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ro îmbujorare (an act of blushing) · ko 붉힘 (an act of blushing) · be пачырване́нне (an act of blushing) · ar اِحْمِرَار (an act of blushing) · el κοκκινάδι (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · nl blozen (an act of blushing) · bg изчервя́ване (an act of blushing) · de Schamesröte (an act of blushing) · sh црвѐнило (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · nl rouge (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · sh crvènilo (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · sv rouge (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · gl rubideza (an act of blushing) · ru румя́нец (an act of blushing) · fr blush (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ca coloret (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · tl paghihimula (an act of blushing) · tr yüzü kızarmak (an act of blushing) · mk руменило (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ro dres (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Schamröte (an act of blushing) · de Rouge (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · es rubor (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · uk рум'я́на (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ka აჭარხლება (an act of blushing) · fa سرخ شدن (an act of blushing) · fr rougeur (an act of blushing) · ro împurpurare (an act of blushing) · ko 적면 (an act of blushing) · sh rumènilo (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · nl blush (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ru румя́на (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · pt blush (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · af blosser (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ka გაწითლება (an act of blushing) · ja 赤面 (an act of blushing) · pl czerwienienie (an act of blushing) · ro fard (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Lachsrosa (color) · cs červenání se (an act of blushing) · ro roșeață (an act of blushing) · cmn 胭脂 (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Lachsfarbe (color) · ka ალეწვა (an act of blushing) · he סוֹמֶק (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · pt enrubescimento (an act of blushing) · gl arrebol (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · la fūcus (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · da rouge (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · ro înroșire (an act of blushing) · ko 연지 (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · bg руж (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · pl róż do policzków (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips) · de Pastellrosa (color) · hy կարմրաներկ (cosmetic for reddening the cheeks and lips)

wikidata: Q12979

blush en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈblʌʃ/
• (US) audio
• [ˈblʌʃ]

Etymology

From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”).

Meanings

1. (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.
   • I wonder whether they [women] ever blush at those things by themselves, at which they have so charming a knack of blushing in company.—If not; and if blushing be a sign of grace or modesty, have not the sex as great a command over their blushes, as they are said to have over their tears? 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 233:
   • text-To the Nuptial Bowre I led her blushing like the Morn: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1147-1148:
   • Mrs. Montgomery brushed away her tears, and blushed at having shed them. 1880, Henry James, chapter 14, in Washington Square, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC:
   • He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him.
   • The love scene made him blush to the roots of his hair / to the tips of his ears.
   • […] they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 6:15:
   • But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush. He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell. 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine:
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed (to do something).
   • […] in this enlightened age, we have much to blush for in the acts of our ancestors. 1908 February 19, Jack London, chapter 17, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
   • While Cato lives, Caesar will blush to see Mankind enslaved, and be ashamed of Empire. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 53:
   • He never blushed to rob a slave mother of her children, no matter how young or small. 1849, Henry Bibb, chapter 6, in Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, New York: for the author, page 50:
3. (intransitive) To become red or pink.
   • The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush, c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
4. (transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to pinken; to make rosy.
   • [the ghost] with the heart there cools and ne’er returneth To blush and beautify the cheek again. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
5. (copulative) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
   • A few lost leaves blushed crimson with their shame, And drowned themselves despairing in the brook, 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Poet’s Tale: The Birds or Killingworth”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, page 202:
   • When he saw it, he blushed a beet red.
   • I wasn't surprised, but it was embarrassing enough that I blushed a little pink.
   • […] she […] blushed a warm and genuine-looking pink. 1969, Margaret Atwood, chapter 8, in The Edible Woman, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, published 2010:
6. (transitive) To express or make known by blushing.
   • I’ll blush you thanks. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act WINTER'S TALE, scene iv], page 4:
   • Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation.
   • “I can see you yawning and stretching, Felix—not very polite.” Felix sprang to attention, metaphorically speaking, and blushed his apologies. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 5, in Livia, London: Faber & Faber, published 1981, page 134:
   • The windows smiled, the door coaxed and beckoned, the creeper blushed confederacy. 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume II, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the fourth (The Consequence), page 47:
7. (intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
   • Natalie^’s pink bonnet blushed in the early sunshine […] 1899, Alice Dunbar Nelson, “The Fisherman of Pass Christian”, in The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories:
   • Full many a Flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its Sweetness on the desart Air. 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, London: R. Dodsley, page 8:
   • The garden was full of blossoms that blushed in myriad shades to form a beautiful carpet of color.
   • […] lanes which last night blushed full of flowers, to-day were pathless with untrodden snow; 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XI, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 302:
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To glance with the eye, cast a glance.
9. (intransitive) Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.
   • Blushing is caused by doping under high relative humidity conditions. 1966, Aviation Structural Mechanic S 3 & 2, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 219:
   • Why is retarder used in dope when the dope is being sprayed in humid conditions? The retarder slows the drying of the dope and keeps it from blushing. 1999, Dale Crane, Fast-Track Test Guides for Aviation Maintenance: Airframe, page 147:

Forms

Deriveds

blushing bride · unblushing · blushing bunny · antiblushing · blushet · antiblush · outblush · blushworthy · blushingly · unblush · make the angels blush · blusher · ablush

Relateds

erythrophobia

Synonyms

color · flush · redden · pinken · crimson · flush

Translations (98)

lt nurausti (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · mi pāhanahana (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pt enrubescer (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pl sczerwienieć (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · cmn 臉紅 /脸红 (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · vi đỏ mặt (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · is roðna (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ja 紅潮する (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ga dearg (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · sk začervenať sa (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ru зарде́ться (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ca posar-se vermell (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ro roși (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · cs začervenat se (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pl czerwienieć (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ca tornar-se vermell (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · mi mumura (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pl zarumienić się (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · kl aappillerpoq (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · es sonrojarse (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · eo roziĝi (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · no rødme (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · it arrossire (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · uk червоні́ти (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pt corar (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · tl himulahin (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · de rot werden (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · la subrubeō (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · bg зачервя́вам се (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · nl blozen (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ka აჭარხლდება (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · izh punastua (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · grc ἐρυθριάω (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · el κοκκινίζω (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ru рдеть (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ka გაწითლდება (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · es arrebolarse (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · sh pocrveniti (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ht rouji (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ro a se înroși (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ky кызар (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · af bloos (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · de sich schämen (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · fr s'empourprer (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ru красне́ть (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · eo ruĝiĝi (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ca enrojolar-se (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ro înroși (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · he הִסְמִיק (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ket дасюлейкся (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pt ruborizar (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · es enrojecerse (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · fr cramoisir (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · bg поруменя́вам (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · mi whakawhero (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pl poczerwienieć (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ka აილეწება (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · mi pūwhero (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ja 赤面する (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · fr piquer un fard (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · lv piesarkt (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · sv rodna (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · sh zacrveniti (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · bg зачервя́ се (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · be чырване́ць (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · fi punastua (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · uk зашарі́тися (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · uk шарі́тися (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · es abochornarse (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · sk červenať sa (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · tr kızarmak (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · de erröten (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pl zalać się rumieńcem (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · uk шарі́ти (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · uk зашарі́ти (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · mwl quelorar (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ru покрасне́ть (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · bg изчервя́ се (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · hu elpirul (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · es ruborizarse (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ka წითლდება (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · nn raudna (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · da rødme (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · fa سرخ شدن (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · cs červenat se (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · la rubeō (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · la rubescō (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ar اِحْمَرَّ (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · pl rumienić się (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ro îmbujora (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · uk почервоні́ти (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · bg изчервя́вам се (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · sa जिह्रेति (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · hy շիկնել (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ko 홍조(紅潮)를 띠다 (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ro împurpura (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · fr rougir (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment) · ko 얼굴을 붉히다 (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)

blush en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈblʌʃ/
• (US) audio
• [ˈblʌʃ]

Etymology

Unknown; attested in the late 15th century.

Meanings

1. The collective noun for a group of boys.
   • I took the Red Cross senior lifesaving test, the one girl in a blush of boys taking the course. 1962, Bette Davis, chapter 3, in The Lonely Life: An Autobiography,, New York: Putnam, page 46:
   • He had come with his own blush of boys. All afternoon they had shimmered upon the lawns. 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Simon & Schuster UK, published 2002, page 322:
   • a blush of boys

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