red

(noun) red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood. Synonyms: redness.

(noun) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana. Synonyms: Red, Red River.

(noun) emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. Synonyms: Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshie, bolshy.

(noun) the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. Synonyms: loss, red ink. Examples: "The company operated at a loss last year." "The company operated in the red last year."

(adj) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. Synonyms: reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet.

(adj) characterized by violence or bloodshed. Synonyms: crimson, violent. Examples: "Writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- andrea parke." "Fann'd by conquest's crimson wing"- thomas gray." "Convulsed with red rage"- hudson strode."

(adj) (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Synonyms: crimson, reddened, red-faced, flushed. Examples: "Crimson with fury." "Turned red from exertion." "With puffy reddened eyes." "Red-faced and violent." "Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment."