Definitions for crimson

Overview of noun crimson

The noun crimson has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) crimson, ruby, deep red

(a deep and vivid red color)

Overview of verb crimson

The verb crimson has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. blush, crimson, flush, redden

(turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by")

Overview of adj crimson

The adj crimson has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (7) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet

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

2. (5) crimson, red, violent

(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)

3. crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed

((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")