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blushy

adj
/ˈblʌʃi/

Etymology

From blush + -y.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. inherited from *bluskijaną✻
  3. derived from *blaskijaną✻
  4. inherited from blysċan — “to be red; shine”
  5. inherited from blusshen
  6. suffixed as blushy — “blush + y”

Definitions

  1. Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.

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

  2. Embarrassed, blushing

    Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA