red
/ɹˈɛd/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
adjective
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- characterized by violence or bloodshed- Andrea Parke- Thomas Gray- Hudson Strode
“writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days” - (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
“crimson with fury”
noun
- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
“the company operated at a loss last year”
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