crimson

1. n. A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general. Source: opted

2. a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. Source: opted

3. v. t. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Source: opted

4. b. t. To become crimson; to blush. Source: opted

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 Source: wordnet

6. adj. characterized by violence or bloodshed Source: wordnet

7. adj. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion Source: wordnet

8. n. a deep and vivid red color Source: wordnet

9. v. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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