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Antonyms for flushed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fluhsh
Phonetic Transcription : flʌʃ

Definition of flushed

Origin :
  • "fly up suddenly," c.1300, perhaps imitative of the sound of beating wings, or related to flash via its variant flushe. Probably not connected to Old French flux, source of flush (n.).
  • Transitive meaning "to cause to fly, start" is first attested mid-15c. The sense of "spurt, rush out suddenly, flow with force" (1540s) is probably the same word, with the connecting notion being "sudden movement," but its senses seem more to fit the older ones of flash (now all transferred to this word except in flash flood). Meaning "cleanse a drain, etc., with a rush of water" is from 1789. The noun sense of "sudden redness in the face" (1620s) probably belongs here, too. The verb in this sense is from 1660s. "A very puzzling word" [Weekley]. Related: Flushed; flushing.
  • adj pink, glowing
Example sentences :
  • The face, neck, and arms of the modest maiden were flushed with indignant crimson.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Robert flushed with gratification at the high compliment conveyed in these words.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • This crystal pallor or a flushed joy—in one of the two she was most beautiful.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He saw them laughing, flushed, silhouetted against the green, distant trees.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • He had not lost the fact that she had flushed when he spoke to her.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The sick man was flushed and growing fretful; it would not do to irritate him.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I flushed to see her regard the litter about me with calm deliberateness.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • No wonder he flushed and stood silent, lost for words to express his indignation.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The good lady, oblivious to the humorous side of her greeting, flushed in anger.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Napoleon flushed with anger, enraged both at the intrusion and the teasing.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

Synonyms for flushed

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