 crimson |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (color) having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | |
| Synonyms: | red blood-red cherry-red carmine cerise cherry ruddy ruby ruby-red scarlet reddish | |
| Related terms: | chromatic | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] characterized by violence or bloodshed | |
| Synonyms: | red violent | |
| Examples: | "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode |
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| Related terms: | bloody | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (color) a deep and vivid red | |
| Synonyms: | deep_red ruby | |
| Related terms: | red rubify | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion | |
| Synonyms: | red red-faced flushed reddened aflame | |
| Examples: | "crimson with fury" "turned red from exertion" "with puffy reddened eyes" "red-faced and violent" "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" |
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| Related terms: | colored | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (color) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | |
| Synonyms: | blush flush redden | |
| Examples: | "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" |
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| Related terms: | discolor bloom blushing_mushroom rouge blush | |
| Similar spelling: |
cronk Crooms crying cryonic Crangon cryonics cronyism |
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