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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: | crimson ruddy carmine cerise cherry cherry-red blood-red ruby ruby-red scarlet reddish | |
| Related terms: | chromatic | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (color) the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood | |
| Synonyms: | redness | |
| Related terms: | chromatic_color crimson cerise cardinal dark_red purplish_red Turkey_red scarlet chrome_red | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (used of hair or fur) of a reddish brown color | |
| Synonyms: | reddish | |
| Examples: | "red deer" reddish hair" |
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| Related terms: | colored | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] characterized by violence or bloodshed | |
| Synonyms: | crimson 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 | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (geography) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana | |
| Synonyms: | Red_River | |
| Related terms: | river US Texas Louisiana Oklahoma | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion | |
| Synonyms: | red-faced flushed crimson 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 | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] red with or characterized by blood | |
| Examples: | "waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare "The Red Badge of Courage" "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears |
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| Related terms: | bloody | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (politics) emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries | |
| Synonyms: | Bolshevik bolshie pinko Marxist | |
| Related terms: | communist radical communize | |
| 9. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6840 | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (business) the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | |
| Synonyms: | loss red_ink | |
| Examples: | "the company operated at a loss last year" "the company operated in the red last year" |
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| Related terms: | gain sum squeeze paper_loss | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] (of wine) deep reddish in color | |
| Examples: | "a red wine such as a claret or burgundy" "a pinot noir is a red burgundy" |
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| Related terms: | white | |
| Similar spelling: |
Reid Reda Redd redo Reed read Reidy Reade Reedy Reddy ready redeye ret reit Reta rete Reith Reita Retha retie reata Retta |
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