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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crimson \Crim"son\, adjective Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. ''A crimson tide.'' --Mrs. Hemans.
The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. --Prior.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crimson \Crim"son\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Crimsoned} (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimsoning}.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crimson \Crim"son\, verb (used with an object) To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De Quincey.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crimson \Crim"son\ (kr[i^]m"z'n), noun [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k[.r]mija produced by a worm; k?mi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. {Carmine}, {Kermes}.] A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. --Is. i. 18.
A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crimson
adjective
1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine}, {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {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 [syn: {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" [syn: {red}, {reddened}, {red-faced}, {flushed}]
noun: a deep and vivid red [syn: {ruby}, {deep red}]
verb: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: {blush}, {flush}, {redden}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "crimson": Titian, Titian-red, blanch, blush, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cerise, change color, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, color, color up, damask, darken, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, flush, glow, glowing, grow red, gules, henna, hot, incarmined, incarnadine, inflame, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lipstick, lobster-red, look black, lurid, madder, mantle, maroon, miniate, pale, pink, port-wine, puce, red, red-dyed, red-ink, red-looking, redden, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rose, rouge, rubicund, rubify, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddle, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, squirm with self-consciousness, stammel, stammer, tile-red, turn color, turn pale, turn red, vermilion, vinaceous, warm, whiten, wine, wine-colored, wine-red
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Crimson See {COLOUR}.
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