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unblush

unblush verb: to cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.

Verb

unblush (third-person singular simple present unblushes, present participle unblushing, simple past and past participle unblushed)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.
    • "It is quite a suffering to be the object of attention to so many; really I shall not unblush the whole evening."1827, Charlotte Reynolds, Mrs Leslie and her Grand Children, page 62
    • He reaches out to snatch the book from her hands. She gasps. Hides it behind her back. He laughs aloud, takes himself to the kitchen. […] He gives her time to unblush.2007, Libby Hathorn, Richard Langridge, Julianne Wargren, Phoenix: The University of Sydney Writers Journal 2007, page 21

Forms of unblush

third-person singular presentunblushes
present participleunblushing
past participleunblushed
pastunblushed

Origin of unblush

From un- + blush.

Questions about unblush

What does unblush mean?
Unblush means to cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.
What part of speech is unblush?
Unblush is a verb.
What is the past tense of unblush?
The past tense of unblush is unblushed.

Words near unblush in the dictionary

  1. unblur
  2. unblurred
  3. unblurring
  4. unblurry
  5. unblurs
  6. unblush
  7. unblushed
  8. unblushes
  9. unblushing
  10. unblushingly
  11. unblushingness

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