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Definition of Blushing

1. Adjective. Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset. "Was red-faced with anger"

Definition of Blushing

1. a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.

2. n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.

Definition of Blushing

1. Verb. (present participle of blush) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to blush''. ¹

3. Adjective. That which blushes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blushing

1. blush [v] - See also: blush

Medical Definition of Blushing

1. Involuntary reddening, especially of the face, associated with feelings of embarrassment, confusion or shame. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blushing

Literary usage of Blushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
""blushing" is one. Nervous impulses started in some parts of the brain by an ... Sometimes an emotion gives rise not to blushing, but to the opposite effect ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"FLUSHING AND MORBID blushing : their Pathology and Treatment. By Harry Campbell, MD, Bs. (Lond.J. London, 1890: HK Lewis. SPINAL IRRITATION, and Some Points ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"You may ; I'll not, I promise you, " said he, blushing deeply. " She may be angry or pleased, it's all one to me now," said he passionately. ..."

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