Blah vs Blush - What's the difference?
blah | blush |
(uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
(informal) (in plural, the blahs ]] ) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, [[etc.
(informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
(informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
An expression of mild frustration.
(When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah! ) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
Representing the sound of vomiting. See bleah', ' bleh .
To utter idle, meaningless talk.
* 2014 , Shelagh Stephenson, Ancient Lights (page 28)
An act of blushing.
(uncountable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. Confer rouge.
A color between pink and cream.
To redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment.
* Milton
* 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
To become red.
* Shakespeare
To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
* Shakespeare
To express or make known by blushing.
* Shakespeare
To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
* T. Gray
The collective noun for a group of boys.
As nouns the difference between blah and blush
is that blah is (uncountable|informal) nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk while blush is an act of blushing or blush can be the collective noun for a group of boys.As verbs the difference between blah and blush
is that blah is to utter idle, meaningless talk while blush is to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment.As an adjective blah
is (informal) dull; uninteresting; insipid.As an interjection blah
is an expression of mild frustration.blah
English
(wikipedia blah)Noun
Synonyms
* bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle * malaiseAdjective
(en adjective)- Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah .
- I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah .
Interjection
(en interjection)- Blah ! Why can't I get this computer to work!
- Yea, yea, blah blah blah , Mom, you said this all yesterday.
- And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah ." Like I care!
Synonyms
* (boring content) blah blah blah, yada yada yadaVerb
(en verb)- Ooh, I feel so guilty, I've got far too much money —
See also
* bleah * blehblush
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) blyscan . Cognate with Old Norse .Noun
(es)Derived terms
* blush is off the rose * at first blushVerb
(es)- To the nuptial bower / I led her blushing like the morn.
- But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush . He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell.
- The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, / But stayed, and made the western welkin blush .
- To blush and beautify the cheek again.
- I'll blush you thanks.
- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.
Synonyms
* flushing * reddeningEtymology 2
1486 Dame Julia Barnes. The Book of St Albans.Noun
(es)- A blush of boys.
