1 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 2 of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies 3 (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" 4 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood 5 a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana 7 the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
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