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Timid vs Blushing - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between timid and blushing

is that timid is lacking in courage or confidence while blushing is showing blushes; rosy red.

As a verb blushing is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun blushing is

the act of one who blushes; a blush.

timid

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Lacking in courage or confidence.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}

    Synonyms

    * fearful * timorous * shy

    Antonyms

    * daredevil * dauntless * bellicose * reckless * aggressive

    Derived terms

    * timidly

    Related terms

    * timidity * timidness * intimidate * intimidation

    External links

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    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