unflush

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verb

To lose a flush of colour.

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Meanings

verbunflush (third-person singular simple present unflushes, present participle unflushing, simple past and past participle unflushed)

present singular third person unflushes · participle present unflushing · participle past unflushed · past unflushed

  1. intransitiveTo lose a flush of colour.

    [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.

    2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings, page 73

Origin

From un- + flush.

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APA

unflush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflush

MLA

“unflush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unflush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflush.

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