blushing bride

noun

A bride.

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Meanings

nounblushing bride (plural blushing brides)

plural blushing brides

  1. A bride.

    Dana Jackson was not your average blushing bride. You see, she went down the aisle on her 100th birthday.

    2012, Melissa Locker, “Bride Ties the Knot on Her 100th Birthday”, in Time
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    My beautiful blushing bride, Sheila here, and I - We have come all the way up here to god’s green country to... Kill you. Clean you. And eat you.

    2009, Benjamin Gilton, The Missing Dinner Guests

Origin

Originally a reference to a virgin bride who, lacking sexual experience, might be nervous about her wedding night.

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Translations

French une jeune mariée rougissante
  • une jeune mariée rougissantea bride who is a virgin
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APA

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MLA

“blushing bride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blushing%20bride. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blushing bride,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blushing%20bride.

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