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crimson Definition

crim·son (krimzən; -sən)

noun

  1. deep red
  2. deep-red coloring matter

Etymology: ME cremesin < ML cremesinum, ult. < Ar qirmiz: see carmine

adjective

  1. deep-red
  2. bloody

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become crimson

crimson Synonyms

crimson

modif.

crimson Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • turn: At the very moment when the sun sank below the horizon and turned the few clouds crimson, the moon rose.

Modifies a noun

  • damask: At the center of the room is the State Bed, made of an unusually rich material - crimson silk damask brocaded in gold.
  • velvet: The canopy, curtains, and furniture, are of crimson velvet, with gold fringe.
  • robe: He wears a crimson robe with the arms of the Order on the right shoulder.
  • satin: The mantle of the Order is of crimson satin, lined with white taffeta and is bound by two tassels.
  • hue: Crisp aromatic lavender flowers are released into the crimson hue.
  • cheek: A wisp of sunny hair blew across her crimson cheek; slender, active, excitedly un.. .

Modifying Another Word

  • deep: Deep crimson ' sea hares ' , stroll along the sand.
  • plain: The medal's ribbon was plain crimson until 1917 when white stripes were added to both edges.
  • now: Tyrion was stunned at the appalling sight as the assassin reached over dragged himself further along the now crimson blade and into striking distance.

Used with adjective complement

  • flush: The sky on the horizon should be flushed crimson, gradually shaded off, changing to blue at the top.
  • turn: I turned crimson, I didn't know where to put my face!
  • go: This was due to him being the youngest teacher we had and his face would go crimson in frustration when we got too noisy.
  • become: The sky seemed to grow darker, the red becoming crimson, the gold turning to copper.
  • glow: The vines in the patch in front of the row were glowing crimson, purple and gold.

Preposition: in

  • color: When gently scraped, the inner layers are seen to be crimson in color.

Preposition: with

  • blood: Then I spotted the Rev Glynn, lying against the pulpit, his cassock crimson with blood.
crimson Quotes

She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue, Vermilion-spotted, golden, green, and blue; Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard, Eyed like a peacock, and all crimson barr'd. 458

—Keats,John

O rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

—Blake,William

In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

—Tennyson

   Come now, and let us reason together, saith the L: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Browse dictionary entries near crimson

  1. crimpy
  2. crimple
  3. crimp
  4. crimmer
  5. criminy
  6. criminous
  7. criminology
  8. criminologist
  9. criminate
  10. criminalize
  1. crimson clover
  2. cringe
  3. cringing
  4. cringle
  5. crinite
  6. crinkle
  7. crinkleroot
  8. crinkly
  9. crinkum-crankum
  10. crinoid