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crimson
('kr/I/mz/@/n )

adjective (a)

  • Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a deep and vivid red color(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    deep red, ruby
    source: wordnet30
  • A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet
    source: wordnet30
  • characterized by violence or bloodshed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days.
    Fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing.
    Synonym:
    red, violent
    source: wordnet30
  • (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion(adj.all)
    Example:
    Crimson with fury.
    Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment.
    Synonym:
    flushed, red, red-faced, reddened
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    blush, flush, redden
    source: wordnet30
  • To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become crimson; to blush.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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