Thesaurus: crimson

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1. n. A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
2. a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
3. v. t. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
4. b. t. To become crimson; to blush.
5. adj. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
6. adj. characterized by violence or bloodshed
7. adj. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
8. n. a deep and vivid red color
9. v. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
10. A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general. Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18. A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans. The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak. To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.
11. A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; thoughthey be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18.A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.
12. j:58/v:2/n:40 n. a deep and vivid red color s. characterized by violence or bloodshed s. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion