blush

intr.v., blushed, blush·ing, blush·es.

1. To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.
2. To become red or rosy.
3. To feel embarrassed or ashamed: blushed at his own audacity.

n.

1. A reddening of the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame.
2. A red or rosy color: the blush of dawn.
3. A glance, look, or view: thought the painting genuine at first blush.
4. Blusher.

[Middle English blushen, from Old English blyscan.]

blushful blush'ful adj.
blushingly blush'ing·ly adv.

verb

To become red in the face: color, crimson, flush, glow, mantle, redden. See express.

noun

1. A fresh rosy complexion: bloom, color, flush, glow. See better/worse.
2. A quick look: glance, glimpse, peek, peep. Informal gander. See see/not see.

n

Definition: pink coloring
Antonyms: paleness, pallidity, whiteness

v

Definition: become colored, pink
Antonyms: blanch, pale

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IN BRIEF: n. - Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty); A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. v. - Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; Become rosy or reddish.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. — Thomas Gray 

Quotes:

"When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty." - St. Gregory The Great

"As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense." - Jonathan Swift

"Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to." - Mark Twain

"The man that blushes is not quite a brute." - Edward Young

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - rødme, blive rød i hovedet, få røde kinder
n. - rødmen, røde kinder

Nederlands (Dutch)
blozen, zich schamen, rood worden, blos, schaamrood

Français (French)
v. intr. - rougir, (fig) avoir honte
n. - rougeur

Deutsch (German)
v. - erröten, sich schämen
n. - Röte

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κοκκινίζω από αμηχανία ή ντροπή
n. - ερυθρίαση (ντροπής ή αμηχανίας), κοκκίνισμα, κοίταγμα, όψη

Italiano (Italian)
arrossire, rossore

idioms:

• spare/save someone's blushes    salvare la faccia di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - corar
n. - rubor (m)

idioms:

• spare/save someone's blushes    matar alguém de vergonha (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
покраснеть, зардеться, румянец

idioms:

• spare/save someone's blushes    пощадить чью-либо стыдливость

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - ruborizarse, ponerse colorado, sonrojarse
n. - rubor, sonrojo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rodna, blygas
n. - skär färg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
脸红, 羞愧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 臉紅, 羞愧
n. - 臉紅

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 얼굴을 붉히다, 부끄러워하다, 장미빛이 되다
n. - 부끄러움, 장미빛

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 顔を赤らめる, 恥ずかしく思う, 赤らめる
n. - 顔を赤らめること, 赤み

idioms:

• spare/save someone's blushes    一瞥もしない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) خجل, أحمر وجه من الخجل, تورد خده (الاسم) احمرار الوجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הסמיק, התבייש‬
n. - ‮אודם, סומק‬

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