Flushed

English

Adjective

Flushed (comparative more Flushed, superlative most Flushed)

1. Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf , Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     Archer lay spread out, with one arm striking across the pillow. He was flushed; and when the heavy curtain blew out a little he turned and half-opened his eyes.

Synonyms

• blushing
• red
• red-faced

Verb

flushed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of flush.

Adverbs for Flushed

extremely; drunkenly; feverishly; excitedly; apoplectically; alarmingly; dangerously; significantly; shyly; embarrassingly; ruddily; rosily; violently; angrily; furiously; madly; insanely; terribly; dreadfully; inordinately; frightfully; unnaturally; unusually.

Thesaurus

ablaze, afire, ardent, baking, beaming, blistering, blithe, blithesome, bloated, bloated with pride, blooming, blowzed, blowzy, blushful, blushing, boiling, boiling over, breathless, bright, bright and sunny, broiling, burning, burning hot, burning with excitement, burnt, bursting with happiness, canicular, carried away, cheerful, cheery, cock-a-hoop, cordial, crowing, delighting, delirious, drunk, ebullient, ecstatic, elate, elated, embarrassed, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthusiastic, entranced, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, exulting, febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, florid, flush, flushed with pride, freaked out, fresh, fresh as April, full-blooded, genial, glad, gladsome, gloating, glowing, green, grilling, happy, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, high, hopeful, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell, hyperpyretic, hyperthermic, imparadised, impassioned, in a fever, in ecstasies, in good spirits, in heaven, in high feather, in high spirits, in paradise, in raptures, in rut, in seventh heaven, inflamed, intense, intoxicated, irrepressible, jubilant, keen, laughing, like a furnace, like an oven, lively, of good cheer, on cloud nine, on fire, optimistic, overheated, overjoyed, overjoyful, overwarm, parching, passionate, pink, piping hot, pleasant, possessed, puffed up, pyretic, radiant, rapt, raptured, rapturous, ravished, red, red-complexioned, red-faced, red-fleshed, red-hot, rejoicing, rhapsodic, riant, roasting, rosy, rosy-cheeked, rubicund, ruddy, ruddy-complexioned, ruddy-faced, sanguine, sanguineous, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sent, sexually excited, sheepish, simmering, sizzling hot, smiling, smoking hot, sparkling, steaming, steamy, sudorific, sunburned, sunny, sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, swollen, toasting, torrid, transported, triumphant, unrestrained, vigorous, warm, white-hot, winsome, youthful, zealous

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃt