Definitions for crimson

Definitions for (noun) crimson

Main entry: ruby, crimson, deep red

Definition: a deep and vivid red color


Definitions for (verb) crimson

Main entry: crimson, redden, flush, blush

Definition: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

Usage: The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by


Definitions for (adj) crimson

Main entry: red, violent, crimson

Definition: characterized by violence or bloodshed

Usage: writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days- Andrea Parke; fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing- Thomas Gray; convulsed with red rage- Hudson Strode


Main entry: red, reddish, scarlet, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, carmine, blood-red, crimson

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


Main entry: crimson, red, red-faced, reddened, flushed

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

Usage: crimson with fury; turned red from exertion; with puffy reddened eyes; red-faced and violent; flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment


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