as in flushes
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 blushes
Long blushes through the compliment and returns it, praising Bosworth right back.
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William Earl, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
While at dusk, the horizon blushes with coral light as fishing boats drift past the silhouette of Longtou Rock.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
William Earl, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
While at dusk, the horizon blushes with coral light as fishing boats drift past the silhouette of Longtou Rock.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blushes
Verb
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The narrator of Repetition tears up her diary and flushes the pages down the toilet.—
Honor Jones,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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There are two options, with Daily mode which requires just wiping the cooking chamber with a semi-wet cloth, or Monthly mode which is a self cleaning function that flushes out the internal oil and water hoses.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Soft light glows over a dining room that seats roughly 40.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Green fluorescent protein, first isolated from a jellyfish, glows bright green when under a blue light.—
Marc Zimmer,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Blushes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blushes. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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