blushed

past tense of blush
as in flushed
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

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Recent Examples of blushed The sharp cut accented her jawline and directed attention to her face, which was lightly blushed and framed by a ring of black liner around her eyes. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 The actress blushed as her co-stars, Whoopi Goldberg and Quinta Brunson, showered her with some love at a Kevin special screening later that day. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 The showy fruits are preceded by fragrant white flowers that are blushed with pink. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026 Noah blushed then nodded softly. — Allegra Givens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Martha and the Dutch boy glanced at each other again and blushed. — Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 When asked about his cousin — Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia — Acuña nearly blushed with admiration. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026 The tacos, including a colorful vegetarian version studded with nobs of cauliflower, are served on some of the city’s best corn tortillas, some blushed with pink from beets or green from the soft steel of spinach. — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026 Kaprizov blushed when confirming that he was greeted with a standing ovation upon entering the Wild locker room Tuesday morning. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blushed
Verb
  • Miami got inside the 20 on its next possession, which was a 16-play drive, but quarterback Malik Willis was flushed out the pocket on the final two plays of that drive, and subsequently sacked.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The water system will also be flushed out more often to get rid of any standing water that may have had time to collect lead while kids were away, the city said.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • My hair was thick, curly, and lush; my lips were full; my decades-long struggle with hormonal acne slowed to a stop; and my skin glowed.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As night fell and West Sacramento’s Ziggurat building glowed luminously, guests returned to the sampling tables for an array of desserts.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The crimson color stems from that outgoing light being reddened by the overlying layers of gas, much as sunlight scattering through Earth’s atmosphere can tint a sunset red.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • One of them, a shorter, bearded man with a nose reddened and swollen from years of abusing liquor, gave a low whistle.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

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“Blushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blushed. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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