blusher

American  

[bluhsh-er] / ˈblʌʃ ər /

noun

1. a person who blushes.

2. blush.

3. an edible mushroom, Amanita rubescens, that turns from yellow to red when touched: blushers are edible when cooked, but in the wild are easily confused with certain poisonous species of similar appearance.

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blusher British  

/ ˈblʌʃə /

noun

1. a cosmetic applied to the face to imbue it with a rosy colour

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Etymology

Origin of blusher

First recorded in 1655–65; blush + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Another big problem is that I am a huge blusher.

From Slate • May 23, 2021

"I can go to Boot's and pay £12 for blusher, or I can get it for £1 in here," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2018

Benjamin Stern, her fiancé, had covered her face with the blusher veil, a variation on a Jewish wedding custom known as the badeken.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2016

All five members of Joanne Joanne are women, including “Nick Rhodes”, aka Lolo Wood, who not only sounds like Rhodes but, thanks to purple eyeliner and blusher, vaguely looks like him.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2016

Nothing about blusher mushrooms, nothing about poisons at all.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black