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blushful

/ˈblʌʃfəl/

blushful adjective: full of blushes.

Adjective

blushful (comparative more blushful, superlative most blushful)

  1. Full of blushes.
    • [F]rom his [Summer's] ardent look the turning Spring / Averts her blushful face; and earth, and ſkies, / All-ſmiling, to his hot dominion leaves.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 47, lines 6–8
    • She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries. Yes, she told herself as she tasted it again, this was the true, the...1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren

Forms of blushful

comparativemore blushful
superlativemost blushful

Origin of blushful

From blush (adjective) + -ful.

Words formed from blushful

Questions about blushful

What does blushful mean?
Blushful means full of blushes.
What part of speech is blushful?
Blushful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce blushful?
Blushful is pronounced /ˈblʌʃfəl/.

Words near blushful in the dictionary

  1. blushes
  2. blushest
  3. blushet
  4. blusheth
  5. blushets
  6. blushful
  7. blushfully
  8. blushfulness
  9. blushier
  10. blushiest
  11. blushily

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