red

adj

1. reddish, crimson, cardinal, Fr. rouge, Heraldry gules, carmine, Tyrian; rubescent, rufous, rufescent, rubicund, amaranthine; vinaceous, wine-colored, claret-colored, port-wine; scarlet, ruby, vermilion, vermeil, russet, cherry, cochineal, maroon; murrey, stammel, auburn, Titian; pink, salmon, coral; lobster-red, fire-engine red, beet-red.

2. rosy, roseate, flushed, hot, red-hot, hectic, feverish, fevered, febrile, fiery, burning; blooming, glowing, florid, blowzy; sunburned, burnt, ruddy, red-faced.

3. sanguine, bloody, incarnadine, gory; ensanguined, blood-red, bloodstained, bloodshot.

4. red-haired, redheaded, red-bearded; chestnut, carroty, rusty, brick-red, lateritious; strawberry, strawberry blond, sandy.

5. embarrassed, blushing, flushed, sheepish, red in the face, Inf. slapped.

6. radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, left, leftist, left-leaning, extremist, ultra, U.S. Sl. pink, U.S. Sl. pinko; communist, Soviet, Russian, Bolshevist; Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist, Trotskyist, Maoist.

7. sore, raw, chafed, inflamed, open, blistered; smarting, irritating, burning, fiery; sensitive, tender, tingling, algetic.

n

8. redness, reddishness, rubricity, rubicundi-ty, Heraldry. gules, Fr. rouge. rubor; ruddiness, floridness, floridity, color, rosiness, flush, blush.

9. see red

Informal. get mad, get angry, madden, rile, become enraged, lash into a fury, become irritated, become exasperated; seethe, boil, explode, burst.