blush
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2.8
- noun
- /blʌʃ/
:
colorete
- She applied a soft pink blush to her cheeks to enhance her natural beauty.
- cream blush
- blush-pink
- powder blush
Like these cream blushes seem so little to me.
- Like these cream blushes seem so little to me.
- I bought Bare Minerals blush in the aphrodisiac.
- I now just put blush on my lips.
- So this is the Revlon powder blush in Naughty Nude.
- Now we're going to put on some highlighting, blush and mild glow.
- This gives that more boyfriend blush technique that we're going for.
Examples
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This is the Mac mineralize blush in Warm Soul.
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This blush though, this blush, it's giving me life.
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And... this is the blush that I like.
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Little bit more blush if you can.
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"I was hoping for a blush," said Tom.
Academic text (2012) -
I went a little too far with the blush.
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This is too much blush.
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A couple of days later, she gave me a pink blush from Cover Girl.
Blog text (9) -
I really do love this blush and this brush.
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That would make a good blush on my cheeks.
Synonyms
16
5.3
Makeup in red or pink for the cheeks
2
3.1
Makeup for the cheeks that adds pink or red color
A long-lasting powder for the cheeks made by baking colored liquid
Idioms
Compounds
How Pink
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blush comes from the old English verb blyscan, which meant 'to become red', like a flower beginning to show color. So a blush as a makeup product is a small pink or red 'color' you put on the cheeks to make them look healthy.