"blushy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blushy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blushier [comparative], blushiest [superlative]
Etymology: From blush + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blush|y}} blush + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} blushy (comparative blushier, superlative blushiest)
  1. Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues. Synonyms: blushed, flushed, flushy
    Sense id: en-blushy-en-adj-C2vHS5eS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
    Sense id: en-blushy-en-adj--AlQCVc6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blushily, blushiness

Inflected forms

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