American English pronunciation
How to pronounce crimson
IPA transcription: [k'ɹɪmzən]
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Noun
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a deep and vivid red color
Verb
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turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
“The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”
Adjective
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of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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characterized by violence or bloodshed; - Andrea Parke; - Thomas Gray; - Hudson Strode
“writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days”
“fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing”
“convulsed with red rage”
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(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”
Usage examples
- Look at this lovely crimson!
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.
- A crimson footmark on the grey concrete!
- Some of them were previously released through the King Crimson Collectors Club.
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.
- I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness, with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes.