BLUSH Copy link • BLUSH 1. turn red, erubescere, pudore or rubore suffundi, rubor mihi suffunditur or offunditur. Be red, rubere. To blush at one’s own praises, pudore affici ex sua laude. I need not blush, if, etc., non est res, qua erubescam, si, etc. They blush at their origin, origine sua erubescunt. FIG., rubere, rubescere; fulgere. 2. rubor. To put to the blush, ruborem alicui afferre, elicere; alicui pudorem iucutere. FIG., rubor, fulgor. At first blush, prima specie or fironte, aspectu primo.