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Table Of Contents: Crimson as a Noun Definitions of "Crimson" as a noun Synonyms of "Crimson" as a noun (10 Words) Usage Examples of "Crimson" as a noun Crimson as a Verb Definitions of "Crimson" as a verb Synonyms of "Crimson" as a verb (9 Words) Usage Examples of "Crimson" as a verb Crimson as an Adjective Definitions of "Crimson" as an adjective Synonyms of "Crimson" as an adjective (19 Words) Usage Examples of "Crimson" as an adjective Associations of "Crimson" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Crimson” are: red, violent, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, flushed, red-faced, reddened, vermilion, rose red, pink, roseate, deep red, flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, ruddiness, high colour, redden, go red, colour, colour up, go pink, go scarlet, be suffused with colour

Crimson as a Noun

Definitions of "Crimson" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crimson” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A rich deep red colour inclining to purple. A deep and vivid red color.

GrammarTOP.com Synonyms of "Crimson" as a noun (10 Words)

A reddening of the face as a sign of shyness, embarrassment, or shame. blush He had brought a faint blush to her cheeks.

deep red Literary term for an ocean.

Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. flush He pressed the flush absent mindedly.

high colour A high place.

Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their pinkness fragrant flowers.

A response of body tissues to injury or irritation characterized by pain and redness swelling and redness and heat. Treatment for facial redness.

GrammarTOP.com rosiness A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.

A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as ruby a precious gem. This wine has a youthful ruby red colour.

ruddiness A healthy reddish complexion.

Scarlet clothes or material. scarlet Papers lettered in scarlet and black.

Usage Examples of "Crimson" as a noun

A pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson, they were horrid to behold.

GrammarTOP.com Crimson as a Verb

Definitions of "Crimson" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crimson” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment.

GrammarTOP.com Synonyms of "Crimson" as a verb (9 Words)

be suffused with Form or compose. colour

Become rosy or reddish. blush She blushed at the unexpected compliment.

Fill a shape or outline with colour. colour He has coloured the dance with gestures from cabaret and vaudeville.

colour up Affect as in thought or feeling.

Of a toilet be cleansed by flushing. flush A wave of colour flushed his cheeks.

go pink Be abolished or discarded.

GrammarTOP.com Go through in search of something; search through someone’s go red belongings in an unauthorized way.

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions go scarlet necessary to sustain life.

(of the eyes) become pink at the rims as a result of crying. redden Lyn reddened at the description of herself.

Usage Examples of "Crimson" as a verb

My face crimsoned and my hands began to shake.

GrammarTOP.com Crimson as an Adjective

Definitions of "Crimson" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crimson” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. Characterized by violence or bloodshed- Andrea Parke- Thomas Gray- Hudson Strode. Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Characterized by violence or bloodshed.

GrammarTOP.com Synonyms of "Crimson" as an adjective (19 Words)

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the blood-red color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the carmine color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the cerise color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the cherry color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

GrammarTOP.com Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the cherry-red color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. flushed Flushed with success I was getting into my stride.

Of or associated with gay people. pink Her face was pink with embarrassment.

Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. red A red Xhosa wife spends several years in her mother in law s homestead.

Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional red-faced upset.

Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. reddened Reddened faces around the campfire.

Having a red tinge; slightly red. reddish The leaves turn reddish brown. rose red Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.

Used in names of birds with partly pink plumage e g roseate tern. roseate The early roseate light.

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the ruby color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the ruby-red color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody. ruddy A cheerful pipe smoking man of ruddy complexion.

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the scarlet color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. A mass of scarlet berries. vermilion Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.

GrammarTOP.com Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violent violently fervid. A violent confrontation with riot police.

Usage Examples of "Crimson" as an adjective

Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment. Writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days. Fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing. She blushed crimson with embarrassment. Crimson with fury.

GrammarTOP.com Associations of "Crimson" (30 Words)

Conducive to success; favourable. auspicious It was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election.

A small fruit having any of various structures e g simple grape or berry blueberry or aggregate blackberry or raspberry. We went berrying in the summer.

Having a brown tinge; slightly brown. brownish A brownish coloured cat.

Color carmine. carmine Carmine roses.

GrammarTOP.com Used in names of unrelated plants with fruits similar to those of the cherry cherry tree e g cornelian cherry. Her mouth was a bright cherry red.

Creating or arousing excitement. exciting One of the most exciting matches I ve ever seen.

Having or showing the symptoms of a fever. febrile A febrile illness.

Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. flush I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm.

Having the pinkish flush of health. flushed Flushed or crimson with embarrassment.

Favoured by or involving good luck; lucky. fortunate A fortunate choice.

English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray the SI unit of energy for gray the absorbed dose of radiation was named 1905 1965. Gray flannel suit.

The green ball in snooker. green Green shoots.

A primary subtractive color for light a dark purple red color the dye for magenta magenta was discovered in 1859 the year of the battle of Magenta. A short magenta dress.

Wood of any of various maple trees especially the hard close grained maple wood of the sugar maple used especially for furniture and flooring.

A woman’s light dressing gown, typically made of a filmy, soft fabric. negligee A black silk negligee.

Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds. optimistic Previous estimates of whale numbers may be wildly optimistic.

Coated with paint. painted Brazen painted faces. pigmentation The natural colouring of animal or plant tissue.

GrammarTOP.com pimpernel Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis.

Make or become purple in colour. purple Edmund s cheeks purpled.

Denoting a red light or flag used as a signal to stop. red The force went on red alert.

A rose regarded as an emblem of beauty delicacy or purity. rose The 100 cotton range is available in rose pink and ocean blue.

Used in names of birds with partly pink plumage e g roseate tern. roseate The early roseate light.

(especially of a person’s skin) coloured like a pink or red rose, typically as rosy an indication of health, youth, or embarrassment. The memory had the power to make her cheeks turn rosy.

Make ruddy in colour. ruddy The ruddy evening light.

Scarlet clothes or material. scarlet A mass of scarlet berries.

The low growing plant which produces the strawberry having white flowers lobed leaves and runners and found throughout north temperate strawberry regions. She thought she would wear the strawberry crushed velvet.

Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly tulip lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.

Mark with a weal. weal She slapped his cheek and a bright red weal sprang up on it.

Used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour. yellow Yellow press.

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