blush
verb (used without object)
to redden, as from self-consciousness, embarrassment, or shame.
outblush
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a word derived from
blush.
Example Sentences
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Jackie smiles at, but endorses, her sister-in-law Florence Griffith Joyner's frilly expressions of track and pulchritude, and favors lipstick shades that outblush fire engines.
From Time Magazine Archive
