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Blushing vs Timorous - What's the difference?

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Blushing is a related term of timorous.


As adjectives the difference between blushing and timorous

is that blushing is showing blushes; rosy red while timorous is fearful, afraid, timid.

As a verb blushing

is .

As a noun blushing

is the act of one who blushes; a blush.

blushing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who blushes; a blush.
  • * 1850 , Charles Delucena Meigs, Observations on certain of the diseases of young children (page 159)
    • In observing the phenomena presented in a case of tubercular meningitis or acute hydrocephalus, one will scarce ever fail of noticing the repeated blushings or suffusions of face in the now insensible or lethargic patient.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing blushes; rosy red.
    • the blushing bride
  • * Prior
    • The dappled pink and blushing rose.

    Derived terms

    * blushingly

    timorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * timourous (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fearful, afraid, timid
  • * by
    • Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rou s beastie,
    Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
  • * , Episode 16
    • He turned a long you are wrong gaze on Stephen of timorous dark pride at the soft impeachment with a glance also of entreaty for he seemed to glean in a kind of a way that it wasn't all exactly.

    Synonyms

    * (fearful) fearful, shy, timid

    Antonyms

    * (fearful) daredevil, dauntless, reckless