verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To become pink. intransitive

   "For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light."

2. 2
   To make pink. transitive
3. 3
   To blush. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

blush

Example

More examples

"For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light."

Etymology

From pink + -en.

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