-
verbturn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
-
adjectivecharacterized by violence or bloodshed
-
adjectiveof a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Similar:
-
adjective(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
-
nouna deep and vivid red color
Examples of crimson
- "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"
- "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"
- "crimson with fury"
- "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"