Crimson

['krɪmz(ə)n] or ['krɪmzn]

Definition

(noun.) a deep and vivid red color.

(adj.) characterized by violence or bloodshed; 'writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days'- Andrea Parke; 'fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing'- Thomas Gray; 'convulsed with red rage'- Hudson Strode .

(adj.) (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; 'crimson with fury'; 'turned red from exertion'; 'with puffy reddened eyes'; 'red-faced and violent'; 'flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment' .

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Definition

(n.) A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

(a.) Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.

(v. t.) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

(b. t.) To become crimson; to blush.

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Definition

n. a deep red colour tinged with blue: red in general.—adj. deep red.—v.t. to dye crimson.—v.i. to become crimson: to blush.

Edited by Dorothy