crimson

crim·son  (krmzn)

n.

A deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red.

tr. & intr.v. crim·soned, crim·son·ing, crim·sons

To make or become deeply or vividly red.

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[Middle English cremesin, from Old Spanish cremesín, Old Italian cremesino or Medieval Latin cremesnus, all from Arabic qirmizy, from qirmiz, kermes insect; see kermes.]

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crimson adj.

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crimson [ˈkrɪmzən]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a deep or vivid red colour

b.  (as adjective) a crimson rose

vb

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) to make or become crimson

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to blush

[from Old Spanish cremesin, from Arabic qirmizi red of the kermes, from qirmiz kermes]

crimsonness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crimson - a deep and vivid red color           deep red, ruby red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Verb	1.	crimson - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" blush, flush, redden discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.	1.	crimson - of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, ruddy chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	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 red, violent bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"
	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" red-faced, reddened, flushed, red colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

Translations

crimson [ˈkrɪmzn]

A. ADJ → carmesí

B. N → carmesí m

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crimson [ˈkrɪmz^ən]

adj [velvet, silk] → cramoisi(e); [flower, petal] → pourpre; [nails, nail polish, lips, lipstick] → pourpre
to go crimson, to turn crimson (with embarrassment) → devenir tout cramoisi(e)

n → cramoisi m

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crimson

adj → purpurn, purpurrot; sky → blutrot, purpurrot; (through blushing) → knallrot (inf), → dunkelrot; to turn or go crimson (person, face) → knallrot (inf) → or dunkelrot werden or anlaufen; (sky) → sich blutrot färben

n → Purpur nt, → Purpurrot nt

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crimson [ˈkrɪmzn] adj & n → cremisi (m) inv

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crimson [ˈkrɪmzn] adj & n → cremisi (m) inv

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crimson

n / adj crimson [ˈkrimzn]

(of) a deep red colour He went crimson with embarrassment. karmosyn, karmynrooi قِرْمِزي тъмночервен rudý, červený knaldrød; blodrød hochrot κατακόκκινος carmesí; rojo como un tomate karmiinpunane زرشکی karmiininpunainen cramoisi אַרגָמָן तेज लाल रंग का grimizan karmazsin(vörös) merah skarlat; djúprauður (color) cremisi 深紅の 크림슨 색 tamsiai raudona (spalva) tumšsarkana krāsa; tumšsarkans memerahkan vuurrod høyrød, karmosinrød, blodrød purpura, purpurowy carmesim roşu aprins, stacojiu густой румянец karmín; karmínový karmezin; temnordeč pocrveneti högröd, blodröd สีแดงเข้ม koyu kırmızı 深紅色；深紅色的 темно-червоний قرمزى رنگ đỏ thắm 深红色；深红色的