Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

At First Blush

Definition: At First Blush

At First Blush

Adverb

1. As a first impression; "at first blush the offer seemed attractive".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: At First Blush

Synonym: when first seen (adv). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: At First Blush

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Manifestation	Adverb: manifestly, openly; Adjective: before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets; in market overt; in the face of day, face of heaven; in broad daylight, in open daylight; without reserve; at first blush, prima facie, on the face of; in set terms.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: At First Blush

English words defined with "at first blush": At the first blush. (references)

Modern Translation: At First Blush

Language		Translations for "at first blush"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		auf den ersten Blick (at first appearance, at first sight). (various references)

Pig Latin		atay irstfay ushblay.(various references)

Russian		на первый взгляд (at first glance, at first sight, at first thought). (various references)

Turkish		ilk bakışta (at first appearance, at first glance, at first sight, at first view, on first sight, prima facie). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: At First Blush

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-f-h-i-l-r-s-s-t-t-u"
	-3 letters: altruists, fabulists, flautists, ultraists.
	-4 letters: altruist, brattish, bushtits, fabulist, fistular, fistulas, flattish, flautist, flutists, halibuts, saltbush, stablish, starfish, subshaft, tissular, titulars, tristful, tubaists, turbiths, turistas, ultraist.
	-5 letters: artists, athirst, aurists, bashful, batfish, brasils, brutish, burials, bushtit, buttals, fattish, fibular, fibulas, fistula, flutist, furbish, habitus, halibut, halitus, hatfuls, hatsful, lutists, railbus, ratfish, rattish, rituals.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.