blushing as an adjective: - 1
blushing
adjective
1 blushing
Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset:
— The blushing boy was brought before the Principal.
synonyms: blushful, red-faced.
Roget 881:
modest,
diffident;
humble
etc.
879;
timid,
timorous,
bashful;
shy,
nervous,
skittish,
coy,
sheepish,
shamefaced,
blushing,
overmodest.
unpretending†,
unpretentious;
unobtrusive,
unassuming,
unostentatious,
unboastful†,
unaspiring;
poor in spirit.
out of countenance
etc.
(humbled)
879.
reserved,
constrained,
demure.
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Roget 434:
red
etc.
n.,
reddish;
rufous,
ruddy,
florid,
incarnadine,
sanguine;
rosy,
roseate;
blowzy,
blowed†;
burnt;
rubicund,
rubiform†;
lurid,
stammell blood red†;
russet buff,
murrey†,
carroty†,
sorrel,
lateritious†;
rubineous†,
rubricate,
rubricose†,
rufulous†.
rose-colored,
ruby-colored,
cherry-colored,
claret-colored,
flame-colored,
flesh-colored,
peach-colored,
salmon-colored,
brick-colored,
brick-colored,
dust-colored.
blushing
etc.
v.;
erubescent†;
reddened
etc.
v..
red as fire,
red as blood,
red as scarlet,
red as a turkey cock,
red as a lobster;
warm,
hot;
foxy.
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noun
Roget 881:
modesty;
humility
etc.
879;
diffidence,
timidity;
retiring disposition;
unobtrusiveness;
bashfulness
etc.
adj.;
mauvaise honte [Fr.];
blush,
blushing;
verecundity†;
self-knowledge.
reserve,
constraint;
demureness
etc.
adj.;
blushing honors"
[Henry VIII].
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