crimson, adj.
freq. cnt. 12
freq. cnt. 12
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 50 freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 7
blood-red carmine cerise cherry cherry-red crimson red reddish ruby ruby-red ruddy scarlet
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characterized by violence or bloodshed
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5
crimson red violent
sample sentences
"writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke"fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray
"convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
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(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
crimson flushed red red-faced reddened
sample sentences
"crimson with fury""turned red from exertion"
"with puffy reddened eyes"
"red-faced and violent"
"flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
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