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Flushed   /fləʃt/   Listen
Flushed

adjective
1.
Having the pinkish flush of health.  Synonyms: rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked.
2.
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.  Synonyms: crimson, red, red-faced, reddened.  "Turned red from exertion" , "With puffy reddened eyes" , "Red-faced and violent" , "Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"


Flush

verb
(past & past part. flushed; pres. part. flushing)
1.
Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.  Synonyms: blush, crimson, redden.
2.
Flow freely.
3.
Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light.
4.
Make level or straight.  Synonyms: even, even out, level.
5.
Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid.  Synonyms: purge, scour.  "Purge the old gas tank"
6.
Irrigate with water from a sluice.  Synonym: sluice.
7.
Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water.



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"Flushed" Quotes from Famous Books



... flushed. "Oh, indeed!" she said. And during the short remainder of their walk to the house ...
— The Late Mrs. Null • Frank Richard Stockton
... the prize which we sought. But there was a place where no feelings of rivalry were found, and where those whom the world overlooked, would be sure of a friendly greeting. Whether pale and wan by study, care, or sickness, or flushed with health and flattering success, we were sure that ...
— Sanders' Union Fourth Reader • Charles W. Sanders
... Contessina flushed with pleasure, participating in the delight of the young priest to whom she had grown much attached. And this success of his, coming in the midst of her own felicity, acquired extraordinary importance in her eyes as if it were an augury of complete success ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola
... great interest——" Then he paused and flushed. "But it grows late, and I must bid thee farewell. Give my respects to the little girl and say ...
— A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia • Amanda Minnie Douglas
... Norah flushed; but she was hardened to her mistress's manner. "Only to ask if I may go out for a little while to see the decorations and hear ...
— The Christmas Angel • Abbie Farwell Brown


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