Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blush

2 senses of blush

Sense 1
bloom, blush, flush, rosiness -- (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)
       => good health, healthiness -- (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)

Sense 2
blush, flush -- (sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty))
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blush

2 senses of blush

Sense 1
blush, crimson, flush, redden -- (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by")
       => discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")

Sense 2
blush -- (become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air")
       => redden -- (turn red or redder; "The sky reddened")