crimson meaning and definition

CRIMSON noun

Definition of crimson (noun)

1. a deep and vivid red color
   • synonyms: deep red, ruby

CRIMSON verb

Definition of crimson (verb)

1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
   • "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
   • synonyms: blush, flush, redden

CRIMSON adjective

Definition of crimson (adjective)

1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
   • synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet
2. 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
   • synonyms: red, violent
3. (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"
   • synonyms: flushed, red, reddened, red-faced