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Crim´son   Pronunciation: krĭm´z'n
n.1.A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
- Shak.
a.1.Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.
- Prior.
v. t.1.To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
[imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.]
1.To become crimson; to blush.
Noun1.crimson - a deep and vivid red
Synonyms: deep red, ruby
Verb1.crimson - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
Synonyms: blush, flush, redden
Adj.1.crimson - having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
2.crimson - characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
Synonyms: red, violent
3.crimson - (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"
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