blush (subs.) Copy link • blush (subs.): rŭbor: a b. follows shame, pudorem r. consequitur, Cic.: a modest b., verecundus r., Ov.: this appellation may put you to the b., nomen hoc vobis ruborem incutere potest., Liv. Phr.: an inquiry difficult at the first b., dura prima fronte quaestio, Quint.: v. to blush.