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.    ... show more

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.    ... show more