Meaning & Definition of Crimson in English

1. A deep and vivid red color

1. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

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

1. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)

• Resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

2. 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

3. (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"