reddish

[ US /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛdɪʃ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use reddish In A Sentence

  • In red wines there are usually sufficient adsorbed tannins and pigmented tannins to colour the crystals reddish brown and to ensure that they are small and irregular in shape.
  • Nepheline, leucite, idocrase, and meionite have not yet been seen at the peak of Teneriffe; for a reddish-grey lava, which we found on the slope of Monte Verde, and which contains small microscopic crystals, appears to me to be a close mixture of basalt and analcime. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
  • However, the name is sometimes used and has recently been applied to the reddish eggs of the chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, of the N. Pacific and Arctic.
  • Large deposits of frothy reddish-brown pyrolignic acid, or “wood vinegar,” as the men called it, had also been found, indicating, as Roebling said, “that a destructive distillation of wood had been going on.” The Great Bridge
  • Copper produces a reddish tinge, which is by no means unpleasant compared with the dazzling whiteness of the nickel deposit. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
  • By the heyday of the binder's craft, the early to mid eighteenth century, two types of leather were recognized as the best: skiver, or lambskin, which was strong but so thin that it scarcely required any paring, and Moroccan goatskin, which was highly valued for its skiver-like characteristics combined with its delightful reddish color. Books: Modernity's Abuse of an Art
  • In the early part of this century there was a young girl examined in New York whose ureters emptied into a reddish carnosity on the mons veneris. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • They are covered with reddish brown hair, and the sides of the face, in adult males, are commonly produced into two crescentic, flexible excrescences, like fatty tumours. Essays
  • He was mid thirties, with thinning, reddish blond hair which had been razor cut up the back. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
  • Her hard-set blue eyes were serious and cool, and she wore her reddish blonde hair in tight curls.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy