Adjective
1. having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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 Strode3. (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"