blush

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blush/blʌʃ/

▶verb

• 1 become red in the face through shyness, embarrassment, or shame.

• 2 literary be or become pink or pale red.

▶noun

• 1 an instance of blushing.

• 2 literary a pink or pale red tinge.

• 3 a wine with a slight pink tint made in the manner of white wine but from red grape varieties.

• 4 N. Amer. another term for blusher (sense 1).

– phrases
at first blush at the first glimpse or impression.

– derivatives
blushing adjective,
blushingly adverb.

– origin OE blyscan, rel. to Du. blozen.