I blush for your mistake.
Source: tatoeba (17350)
Blush
/blʌʃ/
Synonyms for "blush" (83 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: blusher, flush, flush, redden, rosiness.
- Sentence evidence is available for blush, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "blush".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "blush"
Keep "blush" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "blush" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "blush", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "blush" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
More specific
12 entriesbashfulnesscheek reddeningcream blushgel blushpink cheekspink shadepowder blushrose tintrosy flushrosy glowself-consciousnessshyness
Collocations
9 entriesblush colorblush deeplyblush easilyblush pinkblusher brushcream blushpink blushpowder blushrosy blush
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 47 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bloos verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐρυθριάω verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Arabic
1 entries- اِحْمَرَّ verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Armenian
1 entries- շիկնել verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Belarusian
1 entries- чырване́ць verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зачервя́ се verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- зачервя́вам се verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- изчервя́ се verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- изчервя́вам се verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Catalan
3 entries- enrojolar-se verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- posar-se vermell verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- tornar-se vermell verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 臉紅 /脸红 verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Czech
2 entries- začervenat se verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- červenat se verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Danish
1 entries- rødme verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Dutch
1 entries- blozen verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Esperanto
2 entries- roziĝi verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- ruĝiĝi verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Finnish
1 entries- punastua verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
French
4 entries- cramoisir verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- piquer un fard verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- rougir verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- s'empourprer verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Georgian
4 entries- აილეწება verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- აჭარხლდება verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- გაწითლდება verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- წითლდება verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
German
4 entries- Lachs noun (color)
- Lachsfarbe noun (color)
- Lachsrosa noun (color)
- Pastellrosa noun (color)
Greek
1 entries- κοκκινίζω verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aappillerpoq verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- rouji verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִסְמִיק verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Hungarian
1 entries- elpirul verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Icelandic
1 entries- roðna verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Indonesian
1 entries- merah merona noun (color)
Ingrian
1 entries- punastua verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Irish
1 entries- dearg verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Italian
1 entries- arrossire verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Japanese
2 entries- 淡紅色 noun (color)
- 赤面する verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Korean
2 entries- 담홍색 noun (color)
- 붉히다 verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кызар verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Latin
3 entries- rubescō verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- rubeō verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- subrubeō verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Latvian
1 entries- piesarkt verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Māori
4 entries- mumura verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- pāhanahana verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- pūwhero verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- whakawhero verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Norwegian
1 entries- rødme verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Persian
1 entries- سرخ شدن verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Polish
4 entries- czerwienieć verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- poczerwienieć verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- rumienić się verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- sczerwienieć verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Portuguese
3 entries- corar verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- enrubescer verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- ruborizar verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Romanian
4 entries- roși verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- îmbujora verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- împurpura verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- înroși verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Russian
4 entries- зарде́ться verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- красне́ть verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- покрасне́ть verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- рдеть verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Sanskrit
1 entries- जिह्रेति verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pocrveniti verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- zacrveniti verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Slovak
2 entries- začervenať sa verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- červenať sa verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Spanish
4 entries- abochornarse verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- arrebolarse verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- enrojecerse verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- ruborizarse verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Swedish
1 entries- rodna verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Tagalog
1 entries- himulahin verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Turkish
1 entries- kızarmak verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зашарі́ти verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- зашарі́тися verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- почервоні́ти verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
- червоні́ти verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đỏ mặt verb (to redden or pinken in the face from shame, shyness, excitement, or embarrassment)
Sample sentences
50 total sentences available.
I blush for you.
Source: tatoeba (17537)
I blush to think of such conduct.
Source: tatoeba (41611)
I blush to think of what a fool I was then.
Source: tatoeba (46972)
Showing 4 of 50 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "blush"?
Closest matches include blusher, flush, flush, redden, rosiness.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "blush"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.