unblush

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verb

To cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.

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Meanings

verbunblush (third-person singular simple present unblushes, present participle unblushing, simple past and past participle unblushed)

present singular third person unblushes · participle present unblushing · participle past unblushed · past unblushed

  1. intransitiverareTo cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.

    "It is quite a suffering to be the object of attention to so many; really I shall not unblush the whole evening."

    1827, Charlotte Reynolds, Mrs Leslie and her Grand Children, page 62
    1 more example

    He reaches out to snatch the book from her hands. She gasps. Hides it behind her back. He laughs aloud, takes himself to the kitchen. […] He gives her time to unblush.

    2007, Libby Hathorn, Richard Langridge, Julianne Wargren, Phoenix: The University of Sydney Writers Journal 2007, page 21

Origin

From un- + blush.

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