crimson
Meaning of crimson
adjective
- of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple.
she blushed crimson with embarrassment
- a rich deep red colour inclining to purple.
a pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson, they were horrid to behold
- (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment.
my face crimsoned and my hands began to shake
late Middle English: from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, based on Arabic qirmizī, from qirmiz (see kermes). Compare with carmine.
Information about crimson
- The plural form of crimson is: crimsons.
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Hyphenation of crimson
crim-son
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- crimson is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
crimson synonyms
Meaning red:
red, reddish, ruddy, carmine, cerise, cherry, ruby, scarlet, violent, reddened, flushed
Meaning ruby:
Meaning blush:
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Words that rhyme with crimson
Abramson, Adamson, Lamson, Samson, Williamson, damson, ramson, samson, Clemson, stemson, Brimson, Simson, Stimson, becrimson, encrimson, jimson, simson, Thomson, Rumson
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