Past tense of blush
regular verb
The past tense of blush is blushed. The past participle is also blushed.
Forms of blush
| Base form (V1) | blush /ˈblʌʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blushed /blʌʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | blushed /blʌʃt/ |
| Present participle | blushing /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | blushes /ˈblʌʃɪz/ |
Blushed in a sentence
- He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him.
- When he saw it, he blushed a beet red.
- He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.From the entry stammer
- Embarrassed beyond measure, she blushed crimsonly.From the entry crimsonly
- Charlie blushed as if he had been caught in the act of dead-handed idiocy.2014, Emily Covington, Silver Follows, →ISBN. From the entry dead-handed
Meaning of blush
- noun An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.
- noun A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
- noun A feeling or appearance of optimism.
Questions about the past tense of blush
- What is the past tense of blush?
- The past tense of blush is blushed.
- What is the past participle of blush?
- The past participle of blush is blushed.
- Is blush a regular or irregular verb?
- Blush is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blush (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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