crimson

Meaning

Noun

A deep, slightly bluish red.

Adj

1. Having a deep red colour.
2. Immodest.

Verb

1. To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
2. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Synonyms

scarlet

red

deep red

purple

dark red

blood-red

carmine

ruddy

redden

cherry

vermilion

ruby

blush

😊

purplish red

flush

reddish

blood red

cerise

cherry-red

flushed

😳

incarnadine

reddened

violent

bright red

burgundy

red-faced

ruby-red

murrey

ruddle

maroon

sanguine

livid

flesh-coloured

go to red

violet

leftwing

tinged red

cardinal red

mint condition

erythroid

rubicose

cherry red

crimson lotus flower

ensanguined

deep-red

orange

🍊

redness

rose

🌹

rosy

rouge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɪmzən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cremesyn

Cognate with Sanskrit: कृमिज

In summary

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.

Sentences

I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness , with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes .

The off-beat protagonist is the Crimson Tape , whose power is to make organizational charts .