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Definition:

  1. [noun] the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
    Synonyms: ness

  2. [noun] a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
    Synonyms: Red, Red River

  3. [noun] emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
    Synonyms: Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko, bolshie

  4. [noun] the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
    Synonyms: loss, ink

  5. [adjective] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
    Synonyms: dish, ruddy, blood-carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-crimson, ruby, ruby-scarlet

  6. [adjective] 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
    Synonyms: crimson, violent

  7. [adjective] (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"
    Synonyms: crimson, dened, -faced, flushed

  8. [adjective] red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears

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