Crimson
[n] a deep and vivid red
[adj] 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
[adj] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
[adj] (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"
[v] turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
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Synonyms
aflame(p), blood-red, bloody, blush, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, chromatic, colored, colorful, coloured, deep red, flush, flushed, in color(p), red, redden, reddened, reddish, red-faced, ruby, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, violent
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blanch, blush, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cerise, change color, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, color, color up, damask, darken, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, flush, glow, glowing, grow r