Crimson - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkrɪmzn|  American pronunciation of the word crimson
Brit.  |ˈkrɪmz(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word crimson

noun

- a deep and vivid red color (syn: ruby)

verb

- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame (syn: blush, flush, redden)

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 (syn: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, red, reddish, ruby, ruddy, scarlet)
- characterized by violence or bloodshed (syn: red, violent)
writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days
fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion (syn: red)
crimson with fury
flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

Extra examples

...he crimsoned the minute he realized the foolishness of what he'd said...

The leaves turn crimson in autumn.

The boy blushed crimson.

Her face was crimson with embarrassment.

Rachel crimsoned and sat down.

The faldstool was a chair of wood covered with crimson velvet.

The earth-banks of the railway-line burned crimson under the darkening sky.

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