BLUSH
What does "BLUSH" mean?
To become red in the face from embarrassment, shame, or modesty.
Meanings
- To redden in the face from embarrassment, shame, or pleasure. He blushed when she remembered his old nickname.
- A reddening of the face caused by emotion. A faint blush crept across her cheeks.
- A pink cosmetic applied to the cheeks; also a pale pink shade. She swept a little blush over her cheekbones.
- A glance or first quick view, in the phrase 'at first blush'. At first blush the offer seemed too good to be true. formal
Did you know?
- Charles Darwin called blushing 'the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions' - in his 1872 study he found no other animal reddens with shame the way people do.
Word origin
From Old English 'blyscan', meaning to glow red or shine, related to 'blysa' (a torch or flame); the sense of reddening from emotion developed in Middle English.
Remember it
BLUSH ends in a soft SH like a quiet hush - the involuntary 'shh' of a face caught off guard.
A little poem
Caught in the kind word -
the face confesses something
the mouth would deny.
haiku
Wordplay
- I bought blush to look more confident, but it just made my cheeks match the embarrassment underneath.
What it teaches
A blush is the one honesty the body keeps even when the mind tries to lie.
Quick facts
What does BLUSH mean?
To become red in the face from embarrassment, shame, or modesty.
Is BLUSH a valid word?
Yes — BLUSH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLUSH?
BLUSH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLUSH come from?
From Old English 'blyscan', meaning to glow red or shine, related to 'blysa' (a torch or flame); the sense of reddening from emotion developed in Middle English.
What can BLUSH teach us?
A blush is the one honesty the body keeps even when the mind tries to lie.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.