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Webster 1913 Edition
Blushing
Blush′ing
,Adj.
Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.
The dappled pink and
blushing
rose. Prior.
Blush′ing
,Noun.
The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blushing
BLUSH'ING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
blushing
blushing
English
Verb
blushing
- present participle of blush
Noun
blushing (plural blushings)
- 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.
- 1850, Charles Delucena Meigs, Observations on certain of the diseases of young children (page 159)
Adjective
blushing (comparative more blushing, superlative most blushing)
- Showing blushes; rosy red.
- the blushing bride
- Prior
- The dappled pink and blushing rose.