blush
To become red or pink in the face, especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement,…To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
» Tom looked at Mary and blushed.
Том посмотрел на Мэри и покраснел.
Том подивився на Мері та почервонів.
Meaning
9 senses(intransitive)To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
The love scene made him blush to the roots of his hair / to the tips of his ears.
He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him.
erröten, rot werden, sich schämen
красне́тьkrasnétʹ, покрасне́тьpokrasnétʹ, рдетьrdetʹ
червоні́тиčervoníty, почервоні́тиpočervoníty, шарі́тиšaríty
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
(figuratively, intransitive)To be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed (to do something).
(intransitive)To become red or pink.
become rosy or reddish
(transitive)To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to pinken; to make rosy.
(copulative)To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
When he saw it, he blushed a beet red.
I wasn't surprised, but it was embarrassing enough that I blushed a little pink.
(transitive)To express or make known by blushing.
Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation.
(intransitive)To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
The garden was full of blossoms that blushed in myriad shades to form a beautiful carpet of color.
(intransitive)Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.
(intransitive, obsolete)To glance with the eye, cast a glance.
Examples
212 sentencesTom looked at Mary and blushed.
Том подивився на Мері та почервонів. — deniko
ruТом посмотрел на Мэри и покраснел. — marafon
Tom blushed when Mary kissed him.
Том почервонів, коли Мері його поцілувала. — deniko
ruТом покраснел, когда Мэри его поцеловала. — marafon
Tom blushed a little.
Том трохи почервонів. — deniko
ruТом слегка покраснел. — marafon
Are you blushing?
Ти червонієш? — shanghainese
ruТы краснеешь? — odexed
deErrötest du? — Yorwba
Tom is blushing.
Том червоніє. — deniko
ruТом краснеет. — marafon
deTom wird rot. — brauchinet
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“toFrom Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
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Forms
blushes, blushing, blushed, blushedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle