unblush
English
Etymology
un- + blush
Verb
unblush (third-person singular simple present unblushes, present participle unblushing, simple past and past participle unblushed)
- (rare, intransitive) To cease to blush; to recover from embarrassment.
- 1827, Charlotte Reynolds, Mrs Leslie and her Grand Children (page 62)
- "It is quite a suffering to be the object of attention to so many; really I shall not unblush the whole evening."
- 2007, Libby Hathorn, Richard Langridge, Julianne Wargren, Phoenix: The University of Sydney Writers Journal 2007 (page 21)
- He reaches out to snatch the book from her hands. She gasps. Hides it behind her back. He laughs aloud, takes himself to the kitchen. […] He gives her time to unblush.
- 1827, Charlotte Reynolds, Mrs Leslie and her Grand Children (page 62)