Definition of flushed
: tinged with red especially in the face (as from shame, illness, heat, or physical exertion)
- Her mother, inclined at first to attribute her complaints to moping, took a second look at her flushed cheeks and put her to bed.
- —Elizabeth George Speare
- The man opposite looked flushed. … The broken veins on his cheeks were probably a sign of bad circulation and excessive drinking.
- —Mark Billingham
