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red

UK/ɾɛd/ US/ɹɛd/ very common informal slang uk us

adjective

1.
2.

characterized by violence or bloodshed

  • “writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days” Andrea Parke
  • “fann”
  • “s crimson wing” Thomas Gray
  • “convulsed with red rage” Hudson Strode
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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 with or characterized by blood

  • “waving our red weapons o”
  • “- Shakespeare;”
  • “;”
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noun

1.

the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

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3.

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

4.

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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Phrases

  • Adrianople red
  • alizarin red
  • apple red
  • arctic red jellyfish
  • barn red
  • beetroot red
  • better dead than red
  • big red button

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