RED
Scrabble letter values: R1E1D2 = 4
Definition
- adjective of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange). — synonyms: reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson
- adjective characterized by violence or bloodshed. — synonyms: crimson, violent
- adjective (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. — synonyms: crimson, reddened, red-faced, flushed
- noun red color or pigment. — synonyms: redness
- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana. — synonyms: Red_River
- noun emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. — synonyms: Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshie, bolshy
- noun the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. — synonyms: loss, red_ink
Examples
- “resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies”
- “writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days- Andrea Parke”
- “fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing- Thomas Gray”