Definitions for crimson
ˈkrɪm zən, -səncrim·son

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. crimson, ruby, deep redadjective

   a deep and vivid red color

2. red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarletadjective

   of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

3. crimson, red, violentadjective

   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

4. crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushedverb

   (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"

5. blush, crimson, flush, reddenverb

   turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

   "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crimsonverb

   to blush

2. crimsonadjective

   having a deep red colour

3. crimsonadjective

   having loose morals

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRIMSONnoun

   Etymology: cremosino, Italian.

   1. Red, somewhat darkened with blue.

   As crimson seems to be little else than a very deep red, with an eye of blue; so some kinds of red seem to be little else than heightened yellow. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

   2. Red in general.

   Can you blame her then, being a maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty, if she deny the appearance of a naked blind boy, in her naked seeing self? William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Beauty’s ensign yet
   Is crimson in thy lips, and in thy cheeks. William Shakespeare.

   The crimson stream distain’d his arms around,
   And the disdainful soul came rushing through the wound. John Dryden, Æneis.

   Why does the soil endue
   The blushing poppy with a crimson hue? Matthew Prior.

2. To Crimsonverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To dye with crimson.

   Pardon me, Julius. —— Here wast thou bay’d, brave hart:
   Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand
   Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe. William Shakespeare.

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1. Crimson

   Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal.

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1. crimson

   Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color with a slightly purplish tinge. It is named after the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio. This shade of color is often associated with energy, love, passion, and power.

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1. Crimsonnoun

   a deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general

2. Crimsonadjective

   of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red

3. Crimsonverb

   to dye with crimson or deep red; to redden

4. Crimson

   to become crimson; to blush

5. 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.]

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1. Crimson

   Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It originally meant the color of the Kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used as a generic term for slightly reddish-blue colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors include carmine, raspberry, ruddy, ruby, amaranth, cardinal, and cerise.

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1. Crimson

   krim′zn, n. a deep red colour, tinged with blue: red in general.—adj. deep red.—v.t. to dye crimson.—v.i. to become crimson: to blush. [M. E. crimosin—O. Fr. cramoisin; from Ar. qermazi, the cochineal insect, from which it is made.]

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1. Crimson

   Crimson vs. Scarlet -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Crimson and Scarlet.

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1. microns

How to pronounce crimson?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crimson in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crimson in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of crimson in a Sentence

1. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   'Tis a strange mystery, the power of words! Life is in them, and death. A word can send The crimson colour hurrying to the cheek. Hurrying with many meanings; or can turn The current cold and deadly to the heart. Anger and fear are in them; grief and joy Are on their sound; yet slight, impalpable:-- A word is but a breath of passing air.

2. Alan Garber:

   As President Faust has indicated to members of the Harvard community who have made inquiries, she and I both learned of this issue from today’s Crimson, she has asked staff to get to the bottom of how these conversations started, and to learn more about where matters currently stand.

3. Carl Sandburg:

   I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.

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