BLUSH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary (2025)

'Hello, Maria,' he said, and she blushed again. [VERB]

I blushed scarlet at my stupidity. [V colour]

'The most important thing is to be honest,' she says, without the trace of a blush.

See to spare someone's blushes

1.(intransitive)

2.

3.

a sudden reddening of the face from embarrassment, shame, modesty, or guilt

4.

the blush of a peach

5.

a reddish or pinkish tinge

6.

7. See at first blush

1.

to become red in the face from shame, embarrassment, or confusion

2.

to be ashamed or embarrassed

usually with at or for

3.

to be or become rosy

4.

5.

to redden

6.

a reddening of the face, as from shame

7.

the blush of youth

8.

9.

rosy

blush-pink

at first blush

1.

to redden, as from embarrassment or shame

He blushed when they called him a conquering hero

2.(often fol. by at or for)

to feel shame or embarrassment

Your behavior makes me blush for your poor mother

3.(of the sky, flowers, etc.)

to become rosy

4.(of new house paint or lacquer)

5.

6.

to make known by a blush

She could not help blushing the truth

7.

a reddening, as of the face

8.

rosy or pinkish tinge

9. blusher (sense 2)

10. Also called: blush wine See rosé

11. See at first blush