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blushier

blushier is the comparative form of blushy.

Meaning of blushy

Adjective

blushy (comparative blushier, superlative blushiest)

  1. Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
    • 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...1899 December 23, “Art in Edibles”, in The Chicago Daily Tribune, volume LVIII, number 357, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 3
    Synonyms:
    blushed, flushed, flushy
  2. Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
    • I didn't feel blushy or quakey, but quite cool, and only a little excited.1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Our Foreign Correspondent”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 121

Questions about blushier

What is blushier the comparative form of?
Blushier is the comparative form of blushy.

Words near blushier in the dictionary

  1. blusheth
  2. blushets
  3. blushful
  4. blushfully
  5. blushfulness
  6. blushier
  7. blushiest
  8. blushily
  9. blushiness
  10. blushing
  11. blushing bride

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