at first blush

Speech parts

1. at first blush - Adverb

2. at first blush - Phrase

Meaning

as a first impression

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Synonyms

at first glance at first sight on the face of it when first seen apparently seemingly ostensibly externally prima facie sensibly superficially outwardly allegedly supposedly on the surface

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Antonyms

inside actually at bottom at heart deep down deep inside

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Examples

All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter. Vladimir Nabokov

at first blush the offer seemed attractive Source: Internet

A health care worker in a south Florida hospital, who didn’t want to be identified, says “There are things you don’t think, at first blush, would impact your clinical operations, but they do,” she says. Source: Internet

And at first blush, they look like an ad from a right-leaning group. Source: Internet

However, performing a robust scenario analysis is not as easy as it looks at first blush. Source: Internet

The $2,049 (£1,929, AU$3,999) price tag is still startling at first blush. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

at first blush

Close letter words and terms

at first at first base at first bluff at first glance at first hand at first instance