Blushing

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of blush

Full definition of blushing

Noun

1. The act of one who blushes; a blush.
• 1850, Charles Delucena Meigs, Observations on certain of the diseases of young children (page 159)In observing the phenomena presented in a case of tubercular meningitis or acute hydrocephalus, one will scarce ever fail of noticing the repeated blushings or suffusions of face in the now insensible or lethargic patient.

Adjective

1. Showing blushes; rosy red.the blushing bride
• PriorThe dappled pink and blushing rose.

Derived terms

• blushingly