I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ crimson , deep
▪ faint , slight
VERB + BLUSH
▪ hide
▪
She tried to hide her fiery ~.
BLUSH + VERB
▪ deepen
▪ colour/color sb's cheeks , creep , rise , spread
▪
A deep ~ spread from her head to her neck.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~ , without a ~
▪
She lowered her eyes with a deep ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of embarrassment
PHRASES
▪ a ~ comes to sb's cheeks , a ~ comes to sb's face
▪ bring a ~ to sb's cheeks , bring a ~ to sb's face
▪ save sb's ~es , spare sb's ~es (= to save sb from an embarrassing situation) ( BrE )
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ deeply , furiously , hotly , profusely
▪ faintly , a little , slightly
▪ angrily , guiltily
▪ shyly
VERB + BLUSH
▪ make sb
▪
Stop teasing—you're making him ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
He ~ed at the mention of her name.
▪ with
▪
She ~ed crimson with embarrassment.
PHRASES
▪ ~ crimson , ~ pink , ~ red , ~ scarlet
▪
Lia ~ed a deep shade of red.
Blush is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cheek