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/ˈkɹɪmzən/
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[ UK /kɹˈɪmsən/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɪmsən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
red-faced and violent
flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
crimson with fury
turned red from exertion
with puffy reddened eyes - 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
writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days
convulsed with red rage
fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing
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
NOUN
- a deep and vivid red color
How To Use crimson In A Sentence
- Large numbers of vestal moths and a few crimson speckled moths, both normally resident in the Mediterranean, have been seen on the south-west and south-east coasts and in Gwynedd.
- A gob of crimson pouring from his lips, he spat it out, wiping the excess with the back of his hand.
- Wielding his blade like a master painter, his palette holds only one colour, and that is crimson.
- _Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- Meanwhile the red ribbon was slowly unfurling like a red cloud and then a crimson sea.
- He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria. The Picture of Dorian Gray
- A swarm of princesses totter on stage, got up like topiary on legs in every shade of scarlet, crimson, cerise, cochineal, each foolishly imagining Prince Charming must choose her as his red queen. Cendrillon; Rinaldo – review
- A houdah on the animal, besides being unusually large, was of crimson and gold. Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ
- The roadsides sparkled with coreopsis, crimson clover, vetch, spring beauties, and other gem-like blooms.
- Of the gambling – booths there was a plentiful show, flourishing in all the splendour of carpeted ground, striped hangings, crimson cloth, pinnacled roofs, geranium pots, and livery servants. Nicholas Nickleby
