Of the face, complexion, etc.: red or reddish, as indicative of good health; rosy.

Of the face: temporarily suffused with blood, usually as the result of or with some sudden feeling or emotion (now esp. embarrassment), high in…

Of persons, their faces or cheeks: Marked with patches of red; flushed. Obsolete.

Red-coloured as a result of blushing or embarrassment; blushing.

Red with shame or indignation. †Also transferred, blushing, indignant.

Of a high colour; blushing, ruddy; flushed.

Suffused with red or ruddy colour.

Of the blood or a blush: suffusing the face. Of the cheeks: being or becoming suffused with colour. Now rare.

Covered with a flush.

Reddening, blushing.

In predicative use: flushed; blushing.