blushy

From blush +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblʌʃi/

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blushy (comparative blushier, superlative blushiest)

1. Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.

   Synonyms: blushed, flushed, flushy

   • 1899 December 23, “Art in Edibles”, in The Chicago Daily Tribune, volume LVIII, number 357, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 3:

     The artistic impulse that impels one to give a touch of beauty to all material objects extends even to the green-grocer and butcher, and the shop windows of these tradesmen betray both design and beanty. The blushiest side of the apple is always turned towards the passer-by and the hectic glow of the cranberry is further heightened by the contrasting whiteness of celery tops.

   • 2007 January 19, Holland Cotter, “Treasure Hunt for Grown-Ups With Money”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:

     As it happens, the blushy tone does wonders for tallowy New York winter complexions, and, more important, it sets off to advantage the booth’s prize display: a 1901 portrait miniature of the future Kings George VI and Edward VIII, at ages 6 and 7 respectively.

   • 2007 April 8, Bill Cameron, chapter 8, in Lost Dog (Skin Kadash; 1), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 102:

     Well, before you have to ask and get all blushy again, I'll take you home, since you're so pathetically without wheels.

   • 2014 February 4, Jenn Crowell, chapter 7, in Etched on Me: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 93:

     I felt my face do the melt, like Miss’s, only blushier.

2. (of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
   • 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Our Foreign Correspondent”, in Little Women: […], part second, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 121:

     I didn't feel blushy or quakey, but quite cool, and only a little excited.

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