“crimson”

Definitions

• adjective

  of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

  Synonyms: red, reddish, ruddy, carmine, cerise, cherry, ruby, scarlet, titian, blanch, blush, bricky

• adjective

  characterized by violence or bloodshed

  Synonyms: red, violent

  • Example:“… writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days”
  • Example:“fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing”

• adjective

  (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

  Synonyms: red, reddened, flushed

  • Example:“crimson with fury”
  • Example:“turned red from exertion”

• noun

  a deep and vivid red color

  Synonyms: ruby, deep red

• verb

  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

  Synonyms: blush, flush, redden

  • Example:“The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by.”