blush – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of blush

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blush
Participle: blushed
Gerund: blushing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iblush
youblush
he;she;itblushes
weblush
youblush
theyblush

Perfect

Ihave blushed
youhave blushed
he;she;ithas blushed
wehave blushed
youhave blushed
theyhave blushed

Past

Iblushed
youblushed
he;she;itblushed
weblushed
youblushed
theyblushed

Pluperfect

Ihad blushed
youhad blushed
he;she;ithad blushed
wehad blushed
youhad blushed
theyhad blushed

Future

Iwill blush
youwill blush
he;she;itwill blush
wewill blush
youwill blush
theywill blush

Future Perfect

Iwill have blushed
youwill have blushed
he;she;itwill have blushed
wewill have blushed
youwill have blushed
theywill have blushed

Subjunctive

Present

Iblush
youblush
he;she;itblush
weblush
youblush
theyblush

Perfect

Ihave blushed
youhave blushed
he;she;ithave blushed
wehave blushed
youhave blushed
theyhave blushed

Imperfect

Iblushed
youblushed
he;she;itblushed
weblushed
youblushed
theyblushed

Pluperfect

Ihad blushed
youhad blushed
he;she;ithad blushed
wehad blushed
youhad blushed
theyhad blushed

Conditional

Present

Iwould blush
youwould blush
he;she;itwould blush
wewould blush
youwould blush
theywould blush

Perfect

Iwould have blushed
youwould have blushed
he;she;itwould have blushed
wewould have blushed
youwould have blushed
theywould have blushed

Imperative

youblush
weLet's blush
youblush

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam blushing
youare blushing
he;she;itis blushing
weare blushing
youare blushing
theyare blushing

Perfect

Ihave been blushing
youhave been blushing
he;she;ithas been blushing
wehave been blushing
youhave been blushing
theyhave been blushing

Past

Iwas blushing
youwere blushing
he;she;itwas blushing
wewere blushing
youwere blushing
theywere blushing

Pluperfect

Ihad been blushing
youhad been blushing
he;she;ithad been blushing
wehad been blushing
youhad been blushing
theyhad been blushing

Future

Iwill be blushing
youwill be blushing
he;she;itwill be blushing
wewill be blushing
youwill be blushing
theywill be blushing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been blushing
youwill have been blushing
he;she;itwill have been blushing
wewill have been blushing
youwill have been blushing
theywill have been blushing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be blushing
youwould be blushing
he;she;itwould be blushing
wewould be blushing
youwould be blushing
theywould be blushing

Perfect

Iwould have been blushing
youwould have been blushing
he;she;itwould have been blushing
wewould have been blushing
youwould have been blushing
theywould have been blushing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'blush'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'blush'

blesh, brush, bush, flush, lush, slush, bash, blah, blast, blech,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flush
color, crimson, glow, mantle, pink, redden, rose, rouge

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English blusshen, bluschen, blusschen, blisshen, from Old English blysċan (“to be red; shine”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *blaskijaną, from *blasǭ (“burning candle; torch”) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *bluskijaną, from *blusjǭ (“torch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
2. Cognate with Middle Low German blöschen (“to blush”). Compare also Old English blysian (“to burn; blaze”), Dutch blozen (“to blush”), Danish blusse (“to blush”), Old Norse blys (“torch”), Danish blus (“blaze”). See: Dutch 'blozen', Danish 'blusse', Danish 'blus'.

Verbs referencing "blush"

Swedish blossa.

Sample Sentences

  • Mrs. Bird was a timid, blushing little woman, of about four feet in height, and with mild blue eyes, and a peach-blow complexion, and the gentlest, sweetest voice in the world; — as for courage, a moderate-sized cock-turkey had [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Simeon second blushed scarlet; but his mother only smiled, and said, “ Simeon is my good boy; he will grow older, by and by, and then he will be like his father. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ There, now, that'll do, ” she said, taking up a hair-brush; “ now for a few fancy touches. ” ~~~ “ There, an't I a pretty young fellow ? ” she said, turning around to her husband, laughing and blushing at the same time. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)