Synonyms for crimson

Synonyms for (noun) crimson

Synonyms: ruby, crimson, deep red

Definition: a deep and vivid red color

Similar words: red, redness

Definition: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood


Synonyms for (verb) crimson

Synonyms: 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

Similar words: color, colour, discolor, discolour

Definition: change color, often in an undesired manner

Usage: The shirts discolored


Synonyms for (adj) crimson

Synonyms: 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

Similar words: bloody

Definition: having or covered with or accompanied by blood

Usage: a bloody nose; your scarf is all bloody; the effects will be violent and probably bloody; a bloody fight


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: chromatic

Definition: being or having or characterized by hue


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: colored, colorful, coloured

Definition: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

Usage: colored crepe paper; the film was in color; amber-colored heads of grain


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