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blush

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of blush

a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)
  • a baby with a healthy blush
Synonyms of blush

bloom, color, flush
Words Related to blush

brightness, brilliance, glow

pinkness, reddishness, redness, rosiness, ruddiness, sanguineness
Near Antonyms of blush

paleness, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, wanness, whiteness

greenishness, greenness, sallowness

blush

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blush

to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
  • she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake
Synonyms of blush

bloom, color, crimson, flush, glow, redden
Words Related to blush

incarnadine, rouge, ruddle

abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, humiliate, mortify
Phrases Synonymous with blush

turn color

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