| Main Entry: | redden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blush, make rosy |
Synonyms: |
bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red |
Antonyms: |
lighten, pale |
| Main Entry: | blush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pink coloring |
Synonyms: |
bloom, blossom, burning, color, flush, flushing, glow, glowing, mantling, pink tinge, reddening, redness, rosiness, rosy tint, ruddiness, scarlet |
Antonyms: |
paleness, pallidity, whiteness |
| Main Entry: | blush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become colored, pinken |
Synonyms: |
color, crimson, flush, glow, have rosy cheeks, mantle, redden, rouge, turn red, turn scarlet |
Antonyms: |
blanch, pale |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | flush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make pink or red |
Synonyms: |
blush, burn, color, color up, crimson, flame, glow, go red, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, suffuse |
Antonyms: |
pale, uncolor |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, radiate |
Synonyms: |
be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, kindle, light, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | irritate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, chafe |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, burn, erupt, fret, inflame, intensify, itch, pain, redden, rub, sensitize, sharpen, sting, swell |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, calm, help, soothe |
| Main Entry: | blushing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turning red |
Synonyms: |
ashamed, bashful, blushful, embarrassed, flushed, flushing, humiliated, red-faced, reddening |
Antonyms: |
arrogant, bold, immodest |
| Main Entry: | luminesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glow |
Synonyms: |
be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame*, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, incandesce, kindle, light, mantle, pink*, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine*, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
crude, Day, allochroous, bright, chromatic, colored, colorific, deep, double, flashy, flaunting, florid, fresh, gairish, garish, gaudy, gay, glaring, gorgeous, harmonious, high, intense, iridal, iridian, isochroous, mellow, multicolored, pavonine, pearly, polychromatic, prismatic, prismatoidal, raw, rich, showy, sweet, tinctorial, tingent, unfaded, vivid
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