blushes

present tense third-person singular of blush
as in flushes
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) she blushed when she realized she had walked into the boys' bathroom by mistake

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“Blushes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blushes. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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