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blushy

1 4.9

Having red cheeks easily when you feel embarrassed or shy

adjective
/ˈblʌʃi/

: sonrojado

I'm just going to make your cheeks a little more up here, Rosie, because that's what I've been doing lately, is making a little more blushy in the center.

Examples

After he complimented her, she became blushy and looked down shyly.
Let's just kind of just see go into a little bit of the blushy situation and just kind of OK, that was a bad idea.
I know it's an eyeshadow, but it's a very blushy looking eyeshadow.
That's that may well be blushy enough for a lot of people, but not Barbie.
All blushy-blushy.

The Matador (2005)
She felt blushy when she realized everyone was looking at her during the presentation.
The blushy expression on her face showed how embarrassed she was after tripping in front of the crowd.

Synonyms

shy

vsblushy

343 1.0

Nervous and likely to avoid people or new situations

is a physical tendency to redden easily when embarrassed rather than general nervousness

bashful

vsblushy

18 3.2

Shy and easily embarrassed, avoiding attention

tends to show a red face when feeling embarrassed

red-faced

vsblushy

10 3.4

Having a very red face because of anger or embarrassment

tends to show that facial redness easily when embarrassed or shy

sheepish

vsblushy

9 4.0

Feeling embarrassed and a little shy because of a mistake

shows the same emotion but also tends to have a red face easily

shamefaced

vsblushy

1 6.5

Feeling or showing shame and embarrassment

is the tendency to develop a red face from embarrassment or shyness

blushing

vsblushy

1 1.4

A person with a red face because they feel embarrassed or shy

tends to show a red face easily from embarrassment or shyness

blushful

vsblushy

Archaic

7.0

Feeling red in the face because of embarrassment or shyness

is prone to show a red face easily in embarrassing situations

flushed

vsblushy

3.3

Cheeks that look red from strong feeling, heat or exercise

is limited to redness caused by embarrassment or shyness

Antonyms

confident

715 2.5

Feeling sure about yourself or what will happen

unblushing

8.0

Not feeling or showing shame about something you do

How Shy

timid

60 3.5

bashful

18 3.2

blushy

1 4.9

shy

343 1.0

reserved

3.7

Surface Forms

blushy positive

blushier comparative

blushiest superlative

Morphology

blushy = blush (transparent) = blush + y

Standard adjectival formation from 'blush' meaning 'to redden', producing 'tending to blush' which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Blushy comes from the word blush, which means 'to become red in the face', plus the ending -y that means 'full of' or 'like'. So blushy describes someone who is easily red in the face from shyness or embarrassment.