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"4. red with or characterized by blood;
"waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare"The Red Badge of Courage""the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears