crimson
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deep and vivid red color
Types & categories
- red hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
Types & categories
- discolour hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
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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Sense 4 adjective
characterized by violence or bloodshed
writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days
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Sense 5 adjective
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
crimson with fury
Related & opposite
- inflammation derivation
- colored similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rubify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | red |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | red |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rouge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crimson |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blusher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blush |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discolour |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | red |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | carmine |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crimson |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cerise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scarlet |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruddiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | violence |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | bloody |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflammation |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | colored |