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blushingness

blushingness noun: the quality of being blushing.

Noun

blushingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being blushing.
    • WHEN a young lady is first introduced into society, the concomitant observations on her coming out, invariably turn on the ease of her address, the toss of her head, or the pink of her shoe; and there are many, either actuated by the qualms of envy, or afraid of losing the reputation of quiz, which...1818 October 26, “The Cosmopolite. No. 1.”, in The Weekly Entertainer; or, Agreeable and Instructive Repository. […], volume LVIII, Sherborne, Dorset: […] J[ames] Langdon and Son, →OCLC, page 841
    • While he [Henry VIII] was still a youth in youth’s rosiness, blushingness, and grace, he was also a man in stature and in strength; […]1864, “Catharine Queen”, in [William Montagu, 7th] Duke of Manchester, editor, Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne. […], volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], →OCLC, page 102

Synonyms of blushingness

Origin of blushingness

From blushing + -ness.

Questions about blushingness

What does blushingness mean?
Blushingness means the quality of being blushing.
What part of speech is blushingness?
Blushingness is a noun.

Words near blushingness in the dictionary

  1. blushing
  2. blushing bride
  3. blushing brides
  4. blushing bunny
  5. blushingly
  6. blushingness
  7. blushings
  8. blushless
  9. blushlessly
  10. blushlessness
  11. blushlike

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