Associations to the word «Flushed»

Wiktionary

FLUSHED, adjective. Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
FLUSHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of flush

Dictionary definition

FLUSHED, adjective. Having the pinkish flush of health.
FLUSHED, adjective. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats