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adjective
- 1. (of a person's skin) red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion: "her flushed cheeks"
- 2. (of a person) excited or elated by something: "flushed with success, I was getting into my stride" Similar Opposite
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Expressing and showing feelings. Idiom. flushed with success. (Definition of flushed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) flushed | American Dictionary. adjective.
The meaning of FLUSHED is tinged with red especially in the face (as from shame, illness, heat, or physical exertion). How to use flushed in a sentence.
Expressing and showing feelings. flushverb (TOILET) [ I or T ] If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again: flush the toiletMy children never flush the toilet after them.
Flushed definition: having rosy or reddish skin as a result of exertion, cold, embarrassment, fever, etc.. See examples of FLUSHED used in a sentence.
1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush. 2. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn. 3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood. 4. To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet. v.tr.
2 meanings: 1. temporarily showing a rosy colour, esp in the cheeks; blushing 2. → See flushed with something.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of flushed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
People become flushed from exercise, or cold weather, or embarrassment. Your flushed cheeks might give away the fact that you're nervous about your job interview or ashamed to be seen walking the dog in your pajamas.
flush. (flʌʃ ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense flushes , present participle flushing , past tense, past participle flushed. 1. verb. If you flush, your face goes red because you are hot or ill, or because you are feeling a strong emotion such as embarrassment or anger.
If you are flushed with some emotion, such as pride or excitement, you feel that emotion very strongly. He was flushed with pride at his daughter's graduation. If you are flushed with success, you are very happy and excited because you have succeeded in doing something.
