Definition of 'flushed'
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flushed in British English
adjective
1.
He was looking very flushed.
Her face was flushed with anger.
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British English: flushed
ADJECTIVE /flʌʃt/
If you say that someone is flushed with success or pride you mean that they are very excited by their success or pride.
She was flushed with the success of the venture.
- American English: flushed /ˈflʌʃt/
- Brazilian Portuguese: ruborizado
- Chinese: 兴奋的因成功或自豪而
- European Spanish: ruborizado
- French: rouge
- German: erregt
- Italian: esaltato
- Japanese: 意気揚々として
- Korean: 의기양양한
- European Portuguese: ruborizado
- Latin American Spanish: ruborizado
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