crimson
/ˈkɹɪmzən/US/ˈkɹɪmzən/
crimson noun: a deep, slightly bluish red.
Noun
crimson (countable and uncountable, plural crimsons)
Adjective
crimson (comparative more crimson, superlative most crimson)
- Having a deep red colour.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168
- Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
- Immodest.
Verb
crimson (third-person singular simple present crimsons, present participle crimsoning, simple past and past participle crimsoned)
- To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
- Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned.1841, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XIII, in Night and Morning […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC
- Father. Why do you look so gravely at the tower?
Miram. I never saw it yet so all ablaze
With creepers crimsoning to the pinnacles,1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Ring” in The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, New York and Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Volume 2, p. 662
- To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
- Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand,
Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]... - Her face was crimsoned over, and she exclaimed, in a voice of the greatest emotion, “Good God! Willoughby, what is the meaning of this? […]”1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 153
- Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand,
crimson meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
crimson in Hindi
- deep, slightly bluish red
- क़िरमिज़ी qirmizī
- having a deep red colour
- क़िरमिज़ी qirmizī
crimson in Tamil
- கருஞ்சிவப்பு, செக்கர், சொன்னம், சோணம், சோணிதம், இளநீலம் கலந்த கருஞ்சிவப்பு
crimson in Marathi
- किरमिजी
crimson in Urdu
- crimson, blood red
- قرمزی qirmizī
- crimson
- رکت rakt, ارغوانی arġvānī, قرمز qirmiz
More languagesFewer languages
- crimson in Telugu
- రక్తిమ raktima, ఎర్రని errani
- crimson in Malayalam
- ശോണം śōṇaṁ
- crimson in Kannada
- ಕಡುಕೆಂಪು
- crimson in Odia
- କ୍ରିମ୍ସନ୍
- crimson in Nepali
- सिम्रिक simrik
- crimson in Pashto
- ارغواني ar-ghwani
- crimson in Arabic
- قِرْمِز qirmiz, قِرْمِزِيّ qirmiziyy
- crimson in Malay
- kirmizi, merah tua
- crimson in Indonesian
- merah padam
- crimson in Persian
- زرشکی zereški
- crimson in Vietnamese
- đỏ thắm
Examples of crimson in a sentence
- The Lord mayor and sheriff ride in their armour with surcoats of crimson.
- The Gunsmith fired back and saw a crimson spider appear at the man's shoulder.
- The sick-wagon appeared only a silver dot in the crimsoning distance.
Forms of crimson
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | crimsons |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more crimson |
| superlative | most crimson |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | crimsons |
| present participle | crimsoning |
| past participle | crimsoned |
| past | crimsoned |
Origin of crimson
PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, 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.
Words formed from crimson
Phrases with crimson
Questions about crimson
- What does crimson mean?
- Crimson means a deep, slightly bluish red.
- What is crimson in Hindi?
- Crimson in Hindi is क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī). See Crimson meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crimson?
- Crimson can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce crimson?
- Crimson is pronounced /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of crimson?
- The plural of crimson is crimsons.
Words near crimson in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crimson (page history and authors); crimson (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crimson (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ارغوانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ശോണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); crimson (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crimson (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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