red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

[ Syn: redness ]

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

[ Syn: red , red river ]

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

[ Syn: bolshevik , marxist , bolshie , bolshy ]

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

[ Syn: loss , red ink ]

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

[ Syn: reddish , ruddy , blood-red , carmine , cerise , cherry , cherry-red , crimson , ruby , ruby-red , scarlet ]

characterized by violence or bloodshed; writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days- Andrea Parke; fannd by Conquests crimson wing- Thomas Gray; convulsed with red rage- Hudson Strode

[ Syn: crimson , violent ]

(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: crimson , reddened , red-faced , flushed ]