blush
[verb]
Synonyms:
- turn red, colour, flush, go red (as a beetroot), redden, turn scarlet
[noun]
Synonyms:
- reddening, colour, flush, glow, pink tinge, rosiness, rosy tint, ruddiness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. blush¹ /blʌʃ/ verb [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: blyscan 'to become red', from blysa 'flame']

1. to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed:
Wilson saw she was watching him and blushed.
Joan blushed at the unexpected compliment.
Kate blushed scarlet.

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In everyday British English, people often say go red rather than blush:
She went red when he looked at her.

2. to feel ashamed or embarrassed about something
blush to do something
I blush to admit that I haven’t read it.

3. something that would make somebody blush something so shocking that it would shock someone who is not normally easily shocked:
language that would make a sailor blush

4. the blushing bride a young woman on her wedding day – used humorously
—blushingly adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. blush² noun

1. [countable] the red colour on your face that appears when you are embarrassed:
Donald felt a blush warm his cheeks.
She bent her head to hide her blushes.

2. at first blush literary when first thought of or considered:
At first blush, this sounds like good news.
⇒ spare sb’s blushes at spare²(10)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

blush
noun
ADJ. deep, fiery, hot, warm | faint
VERB + BLUSH produce His jokes produced blushes from the ladies.
hide She tried to hide her fiery blush.
BLUSH + VERB deepen | creep, rise, spread A deep blush spread from her head to her neck.
PREP. with/without a ~ She lowered her eyes with a deep blush.
~ of a hot blush of embarrassment
PHRASES a blush comes to sb's cheeks/face, bring a blush to sb's cheeks/face, save/spare sb's blushes (= to save sb from an embarrassing situation)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

blush
verb
ADV. deeply, furiously, hotly | faintly, a little, slightly | readily She blushed more readily when she was a teenager.
angrily, guiltily
VERB + BLUSH make sb Stop teasing him?you're making him blush.
PREP. at He blushed at the mention of her name.
with She blushed crimson with embarrassment.
PHRASES blush crimson/scarlet

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

blush
blʌʃ
See: at first blush

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲