red
adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
rubies [syn: {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
{cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby},
{ruby-red}, {scarlet}]
2: (used of hair or fur) of a reddish brown color; "red deer";
reddish hair" [syn: {reddish}]
3: 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 [syn: {crimson}, {violent}]
4: (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" [syn: {aflame(p)}, {crimson}, {reddened}, {red-faced},
{flushed}]
5: red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons
o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage";
"the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
6: (of wine) deep reddish in color; "a red wine such as a
claret or burgundy"; "a pinot noir is a red burgundy"
[ant: {white}]
n 1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the
hue of blood [syn: {redness}]
2: a tributary of the Mississippi River [syn: {Red}, {Red River}]
3: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals
[syn: {Bolshevik}, {Marxist}, {pinko}]