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[ krim-zuhn, -suhn ] / ˈkrɪm zən, -sən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crimson ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedeep purplish-red. sanguinary. nouna crimson color, pigment, or dye. verb (used with or without object)to make or become crimson. Origin of crimson1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin cremesīnus ≪ Arabic qirmizī (qirmizkermes + -ī suffix of appurtenance) + Latin -īnus-ine1; see cramoisy OTHER WORDS FROM crimsoncrim·son·ly, adverbcrim·son·ness, nounWords nearby crimsoncrimmer, crimp, crimple, Crimplene, crimpy, crimson, crimson clover, crimson flag, crine, cringe, cringe-making Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crimsonTry Nebraska, South Dakota, Alaska, and Arkansas; what you might call a crimson tide. One of the Midterms’ Little-Noticed Big Losers: The NRA|Cliff Schecter|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST And the next film I saw you in was the very first R-rated film I saw in theaters: Crimson Tide. Viggo Mortensen Talks ‘The Two Faces of January,’ Blasts Fox News and Israel’s ‘State Terrorism’|Marlow Stern|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Crimson Room, players awoke in an unfamiliar room with no way of knowing how to escape. Escape the Room—New York's Hottest Game|Justin Jones|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Forrest Gump was about as crimson as they come, and America loved the bejesus out of him. Let Us Now Praise Famous Rednecks and Their Unjustly Unsung Kin|Allison Glock|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They have a deadline to meet with the project that completely intersects with my delivery of Crimson Peak. Guillermo del Toro on Hardcore Gothic ‘Crimson Peak’ and ‘Pacific Rim 2’|Andrew Romano|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Percy, who played tackle on a winning Crimson eleven, and Sam Felton will be well remembered as the fastest punters of their day. Football Days|William H. Edwards At sunset the western sky will change to crimson and the eastern cliffs will change to gold. A Trip to the Orient|Robert Urie Jacob To the left stood a large arm-chair covered with crimson cloth. In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards The gold and crimson, splashed all about the sky, had overflowed around it, and rendered a clear view almost impossible. For the Term of His Natural Life|Marcus Clarke The gentle slope to the dark-green canada was a broad cataract of crimson poppies. Susy, A Story of the Plains|Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for crimson
noun- a deep or vivid red colour
- (as adjective)a crimson rose
verbto make or become crimson (intr) to blush Derived forms of crimsoncrimsonness, nounWord Origin for crimsonC14: from Old Spanish cremesin, from Arabic qirmizi red of the kermes, from qirmiz kermes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crimsonmaroon, color, rose, bloody, rouge, dye, blush, redden |