Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blush
Participle: blushed
Gerund: blushing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blush |
| you | blush |
| he;she;it | blushes |
| we | blush |
| you | blush |
| they | blush |
Perfect
| I | have blushed |
| you | have blushed |
| he;she;it | has blushed |
| we | have blushed |
| you | have blushed |
| they | have blushed |
Past
| I | blushed |
| you | blushed |
| he;she;it | blushed |
| we | blushed |
| you | blushed |
| they | blushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blushed |
| you | had blushed |
| he;she;it | had blushed |
| we | had blushed |
| you | had blushed |
| they | had blushed |
Future
| I | will blush |
| you | will blush |
| he;she;it | will blush |
| we | will blush |
| you | will blush |
| they | will blush |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blushed |
| you | will have blushed |
| he;she;it | will have blushed |
| we | will have blushed |
| you | will have blushed |
| they | will have blushed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blush |
| you | blush |
| he;she;it | blush |
| we | blush |
| you | blush |
| they | blush |
Perfect
| I | have blushed |
| you | have blushed |
| he;she;it | have blushed |
| we | have blushed |
| you | have blushed |
| they | have blushed |
Imperfect
| I | blushed |
| you | blushed |
| he;she;it | blushed |
| we | blushed |
| you | blushed |
| they | blushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blushed |
| you | had blushed |
| he;she;it | had blushed |
| we | had blushed |
| you | had blushed |
| they | had blushed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blush |
| you | would blush |
| he;she;it | would blush |
| we | would blush |
| you | would blush |
| they | would blush |
Perfect
| I | would have blushed |
| you | would have blushed |
| he;she;it | would have blushed |
| we | would have blushed |
| you | would have blushed |
| they | would have blushed |
Imperative
| you | blush |
| we | Let's blush |
| you | blush |
Verbs conjugated like 'blush'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blush'
blesh,
brush,
bush,
flush,
lush,
slush,
bash,
blah,
blast,
blech,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
2. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”). See: Dutch '
blozen', Danish '
blusse', Danish '
blus'.
Verbs referencing "blush"
Swedish
blossa.
Sample Sentences
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Mrs. Bird was a timid, blushing little woman, of about four feet in height, and with mild blue eyes, and a peach-blow complexion, and the gentlest, sweetest voice in the world; — as for courage, a moderate-sized cock-turkey had [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Simeon second blushed scarlet; but his mother only smiled, and said, “ Simeon is my good boy; he will grow older, by and by, and then he will be like his father. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ There, now, that'll do, ” she said, taking up a hair-brush; “ now for a few fancy touches. ” ~~~ “ There, an't I a pretty young fellow ? ” she said, turning around to her husband, laughing and blushing at the same time.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)