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red in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
    red  reddish  ruddy  blood-red  carmine  cerise  cherry  cherry-red  crimson  ruby  ruby-red  scarlet 
  2. 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
    crimson  red  violent 
  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"
    crimson  red  reddened  red-faced  flushed 
noun
  1. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
    Bolshevik  Marxist  red  bolshie  bolshy 
  2. 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"
    loss  red ink  red 
  3. red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
    red  redness 
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