crimson Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a deep and vivid red color
    ruby; deep red.
  2. verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
    blush; redden; flush.
    • The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
  3. adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
    reddish; scarlet; cherry; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby-red; ruby; red; ruddy.
  4. adjective satellite characterized by violence or bloodshed
    violent; red.
    • writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke
    • fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray
    • convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
  5. adjective satellite (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
    red-faced; flushed; reddened; red.
    • crimson with fury
    • turned red from exertion
    • with puffy reddened eyes
    • red-faced and violent
    • flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

WordNet

Crim"son noun
Etymology
OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. kmija produced by a worm; kmi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.
Definitions
  1. A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
    Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18.
    A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.
Crim"son adjective
Definitions
  1. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans.
    The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.
Crim"son transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Crimsoned present participle & verbal noun Crimsoning
Definitions
  1. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
    Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.
Crim"son transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become crimson; to blush.
    Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.

Webster 1913