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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | red |
| Synonyms: | bloody, blush, color, dye, maroon, redden, rose, rouge |
| Notes: | crimson comes from a Sanskrit word which had to do with the red color of an insect; crimson is a deep red, while scarlet is a bright red |
| Main Entry: | blush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become colored, pinken |
| Synonyms: | color, crimson, flush, glow, have rosy cheeks, mantle, redden, rouge, turn red, turn scarlet |
| Antonyms: | blanch, pale |
| Main Entry: | cherry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright red color |
| Synonyms: | blooming, blushing, bright red, cerise, claret, crimson, dark red, erubescent, incarnadine, reddish, rosy, rubescent, rubicund, ruddy |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
| Synonyms: | adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Antonyms: | discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | flush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make pink or red |
| Synonyms: | blush, burn, color, color up, crimson, flame, glow, go red, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, suffuse |
| Antonyms: | pale, uncolor |
| Main Entry: | flushed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pink, glowing |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, animated, aroused, blushing, burning, crimson, elated, embarrassed, enthused, exhilarated, feverish, florid, full-blooded, high, hot, inspired, intoxicated, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, rutilant, rutilous, sanguine, thrilled |
| Antonyms: | pale, pallid |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, radiate |
| Synonyms: | be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, kindle, light, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | red |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | color of blood; shade resembling such a color |
| Synonyms: | bittersweet, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, flaming, florid, flushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inflamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, rose, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, wine |
| Main Entry: | redden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blush, make rosy |
| Synonyms: | bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, go red, incarnadine, mantle, paint, pink, pinken, rose, rouge, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, turn red |
| Antonyms: | lighten, pale |
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