Definition of crimson

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  • crimson is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • crimson is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • crimson is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of crimson

  • turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. blush
    2. flush
    3. redden
  • characterized by violence or bloodshed (adjective)

    Examples

    1. writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days
    2. fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing

    Synonyms

    1. red
    2. violent
  • 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)

    Synonyms

    1. blood-red
    2. carmine
    3. cerise
    4. cherry
    5. cherry-red
    6. red
    7. reddish
    8. ruby
    9. ruby-red
    10. ruddy
    11. scarlet
  • (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion (adjective)

    Examples

    1. crimson with fury
    2. flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

    Synonyms

    1. flushed
    2. red
    3. red-faced
    4. reddened
  • a deep and vivid red color (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. deep red
    2. ruby

See definition of crimson in Merriam Webster