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flushedness

flushedness noun: the quality of being flushed.

Noun

flushedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being flushed.
    • Outside the hotel it was still raining its drizzle of snow, but it was beginning to slack off a little. He stood under the marquee a few moments, breathing the cold wet air. It felt good on the flushedness of his face.1957, James Jones, chapter 2, in Some Came Running, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, book 1 (The Investment), page 19
    • “I want to call you Bobby.” / Softly felt his brain racing toward some chemical event of a highly suspect nature. He sipped his tea. Pulse rate. Blink rate. Degree of nausea. Sweatiness of palms. Flushedness of face.1976, Don DeLillo, “I Make an Entrance”, in Ratner’s Star, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, “Reflections: Logicon Project Minus-One” section, page 414

Synonyms of flushedness

Origin of flushedness

From flushed + -ness.

Questions about flushedness

What does flushedness mean?
Flushedness means the quality of being flushed.
What part of speech is flushedness?
Flushedness is a noun.

Words near flushedness in the dictionary

  1. flushboarding
  2. flushboards
  3. flushed
  4. flushed out
  5. flushedly
  6. flushedness
  7. flusher
  8. flusherman
  9. flushermen
  10. flushers
  11. flushes

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