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crimson::verb | Spocien Dictionary

crimson
verb
/'krɪmzən/
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Type Words
Synonyms blush, flush, redden
Type of colour, color, discolor, discolour

crimson::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

crimson
adjective
/'krɪmzən/
characterized by violence or bloodshed
Type Words
Synonyms red, violent


writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days.
fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing.

crimson::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

crimson
adjective
/'krɪmzən/
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Type Words
Synonyms blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet

crimson::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

crimson
adjective
/'krɪmzən/
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
Type Words
Synonyms flushed, red, red-faced, reddened


crimson with fury.
flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment.

crimson::noun | Spocien Dictionary

crimson
noun
/'krɪmzən/
a deep and vivid red color
Type Words
Synonyms deep red, ruby
Type of redness, red

Examples of crimson

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He emerged scuffed and smiling, his shirt torn and a crimson streak on his back.
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Crimson spot rockrose is another flowering plant that thrives in dry conditions.
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Home pours dark crimson in color with aromas of caramel, stone fruit and toffee.
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Pope Paul, too, is dressed in crimson velvet and also sits looking old and bent.
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This velvety, deep crimson red is the quintessential color for lips this season.
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The bold shot of pure crimson stood out among a sea of jewel tones and pastels.
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She stares at him and then, from her point of view, the screen flames to crimson.
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Two weeks ago she placed several crimson-colored sunflowers in a vase on the bar.
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It's leaf can turn a yellowish color, or it can go crimson, akin to the sourwood.
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  • A deep and vivid red color
  • Blush: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
  • Red: 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; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
  • (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"
  • Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used in general as a generic term for those slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors ...
  • Crimson is the fifth album by Alkaline Trio, released May 23, 2005. The record is produced by Jerry Finn.
  • Crimson is the third album by British quartet Code Red, released in 2001 via Polydor Records.
  • Crimson, in comics, may refer to: * Crimson (Wildstorm), a comic book series from Images Comics' Cliffhanger imprint and DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint * Crimson (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero * Crimson, one of the aliases used by Wildstorm character Jodi Slayton
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