blushfuladj.
/ˈblʌʃfʊl/ 1. Full of blushes, apt to blush, modest, bashful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adjective]
rosy1593
blushing1609
blushful1611
blushy1865
red-faced2002
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vergongneux,..shamefull, shame-fac'd, bashfull, blushfull.
1794 J. Wolcot Rowland for Oliver in Wks. II. 154 Thou sly and blushful maid.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. 130 Amy's shy, quiet, blushful face.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adjective] > causing blushes
blushing1623
blushful1656
blush-making1924
1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. xvi. 11 Ignorance under means is a blushful sin.
3. transferred. Blush-coloured, rosy, ruddy.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective]
redeOE
reodeOE
ruddya1398
reddy?c1400
purple1415
rougea1425
redly1486
gules1503
red-coloured1547
guly1592
blushing1597
angrya1616
rubric1623
minious1646
nacarinea1648
ruddle1649
rubriform1704
carbuncly?1730
blushful1804
envermeiled1822
ablush1852
flammulated1872
pyrrhous1890
1804 J. Wolcot in Beauties Eng. Poetry I. 135 The berry..hides beneath a leaf its blushful hue.
1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 66 The blushful peach.
Derivatives
ˈblushfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [adverb]
blushingly1598
blushfully1873
1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. xii. 167 Silvia's bosom was blushfully buttoned.
ˈblushfulness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > blushing with shame or modesty > [noun] > quality of being given to
blushfulness1613
blushiness1865
1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. ii, in Wks. (1874) III. 185 Let me in your face Reade blushfullnesse and feare.
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