Verb
he crimsoned the minute he realized the foolishness of what he'd said
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Noun
His entire body is bathed in a sea of crimson, so his face appears to be floating.—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 15 May 2024 Her canvases pulsated with brown hues, chromes, and crimson applied through watercolor ink to stroke the urgency of the situation in Gaza.—Hoda Sherif, TIME, 10 May 2024
Adjective
Compared to light and shadow, or even the crimson hue of our bodies’ blood, blue is a rare color in nature.—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024 Easy to spot thanks to their crimson jackets, these helpers are on hand throughout the city to direct you to destinations like the Wall to Wall mural project, the Inland Waterways Museum, the National Quilt Museum, and Barrel & Bond (for sips of Kentucky bourbon).—Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
Verb
Rhubarb is primarily depicted in various shades of red, but depending on the variety, its color can range from pale green to crimson.—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024 The same gochugaru, or red-pepper powder, that stains crimson a head of napa cabbage kimchi is also used in other banchan, various dressed salads called muchims and uplifting jorims, or braises.—New York Times, 13 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for crimson
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Word History
Etymology
Noun, Adjective, and Verb
Middle English crimisin, from Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic qirmizī, from qirmiz kermes
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