Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who blushes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who blushes, or is given to blushing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One that blushes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofblush ; one who blushes. - noun
Face makeup that makes the cheeksrosier . - noun Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus
Amanita , including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
- noun yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched
Etymologies
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Examples
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Actual use: Ideally meant for the cheeks, a blusher is a perfect tool to add some colour to your face.
The Times of India 2009
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Completely eyeliner and "blusher" free, it lets your little fairy unleash her inner stylist.
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Completely eyeliner and "blusher" free, it lets your little fairy unleash her inner stylist.
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"Only use products such as blusher and mascara which enhance what you already have.
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A dusting of Laura Mercier's Invisible Loose Setting Powder £29, spacenk.co.uk with a big blusher brush when you're just about to leave the house will fix your face for the whole day.
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Every week, I watch commuters apply their make-up on the train, and it takes all my effort not to lean over with a blusher brush and rectify this most crucial omission I'd also switch off their mobile keytones while I was there.
Beauty: Blushers 2011
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If you really can't bear to black out your lips (with pale eyes and just a crabapple of blusher), then try a dark plummy red, such as Dolce & Gabbana's or Maybelline's.
Beauty spot: black lipstick Eva Wiseman 2010
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Sweep on the base colour with a powder brush, blending outwards, then take a good-quality blusher brush with domed bristles try the Body Shop or Mac and grin insincerely so cheeks fatten in the middle.
Beauty: Blushers 2011
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She blends the concealer, curls her eyelashes and goes light with the blusher but it's 2:13 and she's obviously tired in spite of being freshly painted, perfumed.
Flatscreen Ames John Gigounas 2011
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Prince is but a kid, him and friends Andre, Dez and Bobby Z pose in a grotty Minnesota bar, resplendent with flyaway proto-Princess Di hairdos, statement blusher, smudged guyliner, flasher macs and bare chests, in a mostly Caucasian town famous mainly for being bloody freezing.
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