hot flush

British

noun

a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause

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Male MPs have been trying on vests that simulate the feeling of a hot flush, which some women experience during the menopause.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2022

She also had the classic symptom associated with menopause - the hot flush.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

If you’re a woman, you wake up every morning thinking, is this a hot flush?

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2018

I was in a hot flush of embarrassed hysteria throughout, terrified I would wet my pants and shriek with laughter, puncturing the mood for the two dozen spectators.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2010

Dede felt the hot flush of shame on her face.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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