blushing
Face going crimson
Blushing is the involuntary reddening of the face from embarrassment, shame, or self-consciousness.
The word works as both verb and adjective: She was blushing furiously or the blushing bride.
A blushing person is modest or easily embarrassed.
By extension, things tinged pink or red may be described as blushing: blushing peaches, a blushing sky at dawn.
Pale red hue
- rosyPinkly warm or hopeful
- flushSame suit, five cards
- reddeningGrowing more crimson
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
scarlet · ruddy · roseate · salmon · coral · flushed · suffused · florid
Uncomfortably self-conscious
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- demureModestly reserved in manner
- coyAffectedly modest
- diffidentLacking self-assurance
reserved · modest · reticent · meek · withdrawn · introverted · unassuming · retiring
Showing visible embarrassment
- flushedReddened from emotion
- sheepishEmbarrassed and timid
- mortifiedIntensely embarrassed
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
awkward · flustered · abashed · chagrined · humiliated · discomfited · shamefaced · uncomfortable
Having pink-tinged face
- glowingGiving off steady light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- ruddyReddish in complexion
healthy · vitality · freshness · youthful · vigorous · flush · complexion · sanguine
Pleased by compliments
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- crushCompress with force
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
lovestruck · swooning · giddy · flustered · butterflies · romantic · admirer · coquettish
pink
Pale red hue
crimson · scarlet · ruddy · roseate · salmon · coral · flushed · suffused · florid · heated
bashful
Uncomfortably self-conscious
diffident · reserved · modest · reticent · meek · withdrawn · introverted · unassuming · retiring · shrinking
red-faced
Showing visible embarrassment
self-conscious · awkward · flustered · abashed · chagrined · humiliated · discomfited · shamefaced · uncomfortable · caught
rosy-cheeked
Having pink-tinged face
ruddy · healthy · vitality · freshness · youthful · vigorous · flush · complexion · sanguine · peachy
flattered
Pleased by compliments
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- crushCompress with force
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
enamored · lovestruck · swooning · giddy · flustered · butterflies · romantic · admirer · coquettish · flirtatious
virginal
Unsullied or inexperienced
naive · guileless · wholesome · unspoiled · unblemished · childlike · angelic · demure · modest · virtuous
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
- body functionsbreathing, digestion, heartbeat, circulation, respiration
- body reactionssweating, shiver, goosebumps, twitch, shaking
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
- color changedyeing, tinting, fading, bleaching, darkening
- embarrassmentembarrassed, humiliated, mortify, mortified, ashamed
- blushing brideShy woman marrying