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Antonyms for blushing

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bluhsh
Phonetic Transcription : blʌʃ

Definition of blushing

Origin :
  • mid-14c., bluschen, blischen, probably from Old English blyscan "blush, become red, glow" (glossing Latin rutilare), akin to blyse "torch," from Proto-Germanic *blisk- "to shine, burn," which also yielded words in Low German (e.g. Dutch blozen "to blush") and Scandinavian (e.g. Danish blusse "to blaze; to blush"); ultimately from PIE *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).
  • For vowel evolution, see bury. Earliest recorded senses were "to shine brightly; to look, stare." Sense of "turn red in the face" (with shame, modesty, etc.) is from c.1400. Related: Blushed; blushing.
  • adj turning red
Example sentences :
  • "He asked me if I liked white kids," answered the blushing peasant.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Above, below, the rose of snow, Twined with her blushing foe we spread.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • People giggled, and she snatched her hand away, blushing furiously.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • "You'll have to call me Letty," said the pretty old lady, smiling and blushing.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Were you ever detected in the crime of blushing, in your life, Mrs. O'Connor?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Once more the soldier looked at me, and, I'll be bound, saw me blushing furiously.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • "I was not thinking of Mr. Hervey at that moment," said Virginia, blushing.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "I thought something by your look," said Virginia, blushing.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • At a place where she worked, answered Little Dorrit, blushing.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Mrs. Mellish paused, blushing a little at the echo of her own eloquence.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

Synonyms for blushing

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