English dictionary
red
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
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
adjective
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
noun
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
noun
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
noun
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
Example sentences
{'source': 'Andrea Parke', 'text': 'writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days'}
{'source': 'Thomas Gray', 'text': "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"}
{'source': 'Hudson Strode', 'text': 'convulsed with red rage'}
crimson with fury
turned red from exertion
with puffy reddened eyes
red-faced and violent
flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment
the company operated at a loss last year
the company operated in the red last year