BLUSH, BLUSHING
ADJECTIVES
1560 ► CRIMSON blushing
1707 ► MANTLING becoming suffused with heightened colour; said of the cheeks
1736 ► ERUBESCENT blushing; growing red or reddish
1850 ► AFLUSH blushing; flushed
1860 ► ROSY-KINDLED blushing; suffused with a rosy colour
1911 ► BLACK-BURNING causing intense blushing or shame → Sc. (Bk.)
1995 ► BEET RED extremely red from blushing, embarrassment, etc. → US sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1852 ► A-BLUSH blushing, ruddy
NOUNS
1787 ► VERMILION a blush → obs.
1862 ► SMOKING blushing → school sl.
1865 ► MANTLING a blush or suffusion of colour produced by emotion
1896 ► REDS blushes → Eng. dial.
1991 ► ERYTHROMANIA a mania for blushing (Bk.)
1991 ► ERYTHROPHOBIA an abnormal dear of blushing (Bk.
2001 ► CHERRY a blush; a red face → UK sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1866 ► SMOKER a person who blushes → school sl.
PHRASES
1896 ► HIS FACE HURTS he blushes → Amer. jocular usage
VERBS
1616 ► PAINT to blush; to change colour → obs.
1707 ► MANTLE to be suffused with glowing colour; to flush; said of the face
1709 ► BLUE to blush → sl. obs.
1719 ► VERMILION to blush
1790 ► BLOW to blush → Eng. dial.
1862 ► SMOKE to blush → school sl.
1892 ► MOUNT THE RED FLAG to blush → sl.
1897 ► HEAT THE CHEEKS to cause to blush → Eng. dial.
1903 ► HAVE THE CHEEK-ACHE to be made to blush; to be abashed → sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► CHANGE COLOUR to blush (Bk.)
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