n
A name formerly given to vinegar.
adj
(archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing
n
An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.
n
(countable, uncountable) Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
n
(obsolete) A modest girl.
n
The quality of being blushful.
n
The quality of being blushy.
adj
Likely to cause blushes; embarrassing or immodest.
adj
Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
n
(pathology) cannabis poisoning
n
A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
adj
(archaic, medicine) Involving a blushing or reddening.
n
The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
n
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
adv
In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
adj
Obsolete form of flushed. [Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.]
adj
Having a florid or ruddy complexion
v
To cause great embarrassment.
v
To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy colour.
v
(intransitive) To blush.
v
(transitive) To cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.
n
(idiomatic) A hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment.
adj
(idiomatic) embarrassed
adj
(by extension) embarrassed
n
(uncountable) The state or quality or characteristic of being red.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To apply rouge (makeup).
adj
(Ireland) Blushing; embarrassed or mortified.
n
The flushed appearance, redness, or blush that appears after sex or an orgasm; afterglow.
adj
Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.
v
(idiomatic) To save someone from embarrassment.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To blush, especially with embarrassment or shame
v
(rare, intransitive) To cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.
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