'Flushed' definitions:
Definition of 'flushed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
Definition of 'Flushed'
From: GCIDE
- Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]
- 1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. [1913 Webster]
- The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. [1913 Webster]
- In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. [1913 Webster]
- Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flushed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- afire,
- ardent,
- baking,
- beaming,
- blistering,
- blithe,
- blithesome,
- bloated,
- bloated with pride,
- blooming,
- blowzed,
- blowzy,
- blushful,
- blushing,
- boiling,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- bright,
- bright and sunny,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- burning with excitement,
- burnt,
- bursting with happiness,
- canicular,
- carried away,
- cheerful,
- cheery,
- cock-a-hoop,
- cordial,
- crowing,
- delighting,
- delirious,
- drunk,
- ebullient,
- ecstatic,
- elate,
- elated,
- embarrassed,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthusiastic,
- entranced,
- eupeptic,
- euphoric,
- exalted,
- excited,
- exhilarated,
- exuberant,
- exultant,
- exulting,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- feverous,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- florid,
- flush,
- flushed with pride,
- freaked out,
- fresh,
- fresh as April,
- full-blooded,
- genial,
- glad,
- gladsome,
- gloating,
- glowing,
- green,
- grilling,
- happy,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hectic,
- het up,
- high,
- hopeful,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- hyperpyretic,
- hyperthermic,
- imparadised,
- impassioned,
- in a fever,
- in ecstasies,
- in good spirits,
- in heaven,
- in high feather,
- in high spirits,
- in paradise,
- in raptures,
- in rut,
- in seventh heaven,
- inflamed,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- irrepressible,
- jubilant,
- keen,
- laughing,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- lively,
- of good cheer,
- on cloud nine,
- on fire,
- optimistic,
- overheated,
- overjoyed,
- overjoyful,
- overwarm,
- parching,
- passionate,
- pink,
- piping hot,
- pleasant,
- possessed,
- puffed up,
- pyretic,
- radiant,
- rapt,
- raptured,
- rapturous,
- ravished,
- red,
- red-complexioned,
- red-faced,
- red-fleshed,
- red-hot,
- rejoicing,
- rhapsodic,
- riant,
- roasting,
- rosy,
- rosy-cheeked,
- rubicund,
- ruddy,
- ruddy-complexioned,
- ruddy-faced,
- sanguine,
- sanguineous,
- scalding,
- scorching,
- searing,
- seething,
- sent,
- sexually excited,
- sheepish,
- simmering,
- sizzling hot,
- smiling,
- smoking hot,
- sparkling,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- sudorific,
- sunburned,
- sunny,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- swollen,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- transported,
- triumphant,
- unrestrained,
- vigorous,
- warm,
- white-hot,
- winsome,
- youthful,
- zealous