blushy

English

From blush +‎ -y.

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blushy (comparative more blushy, superlative most blushy)

Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
- 2007, Bill Cameron, Lost Dog:
  Well, before you have to ask and get all blushy again, I'll take you home.
- 2007 January 19, Holland Cotter, “Treasure Hunt for Grown-Ups With Money”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  As it happens, the blushy tone does wonders for tallowy New York winter complexions, and, more important, it sets off to advantage the booth’s prize display: a 1901 portrait miniature of the future Kings George VI and Edward VIII, at ages 6 and 7 respectively.
(of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
- 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
  I didn't feel blushy or quakey, but quite cool and only a little excited.