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How to pronounce crimson

IPA transcription: [k'ɹɪmzən]

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Noun

Verb

  • turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

    “The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”

Adjective

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

  • 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”

  • (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.