flushed
adjective
[ flʌʃt ]
• (of a person's skin) red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.
• "her flushed cheeks"
• (of a person) excited or elated by something.
• "flushed with success, I was getting into my stride"
Similar:
elated,
thrilled,
exhilarated,
happy,
delighted,
overjoyed,
joyous,
gleeful,
excited,
animated,
jubilant,
exultant,
ecstatic,
euphoric,
rapturous,
in raptures,
enraptured,
intoxicated,
beside oneself,
transported,
carried away,
impassioned,
in a frenzy,
delirious,
hysterical,
wild,
frenzied,
blissed out,
over the moon,
high,
on a high,
wigged out,
corybantic,
Opposite:
dismayed,
flush
verb
• (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.
• "Rachel flushed angrily"
Similar:
blush,
redden,
turn/go pink,
turn/go red,
turn/go crimson,
turn/go scarlet,
colour (up),
change colour,
crimson,
tint,
burn up,
mantle,
red,
pink,
ruddy,
glowing,
reddish,
pinkish,
florid,
high-coloured,
healthy-looking,
aglow,
burning,
flaming,
feverish,
rubicund,
roseate,
rosy,
blushing,
red-faced,
blowsy,
embarrassed,
shamefaced,
sanguine,
erubescent,
rubescent,
• cleanse (something, especially a toilet) by causing large quantities of water to pass through it.
• "she flushed the loo"
• drive (a bird, especially a game bird, or an animal) from its cover.
• "the grouse were flushed from the woods"
• (of a plant) send out fresh shoots.
• "the plant had started to flush by late March"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move rapidly, spring up’, especially of a bird ‘fly up suddenly’): symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with sudden movement; perhaps influenced by flash1 and blush.
flush
verb
• fill in (a joint) level with a surface.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘perfect, lacking nothing’): probably related to flush1.
