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Synonyms for Blood-red
Flagrantly immoral or unchaste:
Mixed or tinged with red; somewhat red.
Red or purplish-red; crimson
Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
Containing or having the taste of cherries.
Of a deep bright red colour, like that of a cherry.
A deep-red, translucent variety of the mineral corundum, containing small amounts of chromium and valued as a gem.
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
The definition of red is having the color on the end of the spectrum before orange.
The definition of ruddy is a person or thing with a rosy red color.
Words Related to Blood-red
Find another word for blood-red. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for blood-red, like: crimson, scarlet, reddish, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, ruby, ruby-red, bright-red and bright blue.
1. blood
noun. ['ˈblʌd'] the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets.
Synonyms
- bloodstream
- humour
- liquid body substance
- bodily fluid
- blood cell
- venous blood
- arterial blood
- blood group
- blood stream
- menstrual flow
- grume
- blood serum
- blood corpuscle
- humor
- serum
- cord blood
- blood type
- whole blood
- blood clot
- gore
- menorrhea
- body fluid
- menstrual blood
- lifeblood
Antonyms
- understock
- irregular
- disrepute
- nonstandard
Etymology
- blod (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Blood Red
- hilton-head
- widespread
- purebred
- interbred
- thoroughbred
- infrared
- sffed
- retread
- overhead
- overfed
- misread
- misled
- instead
- biomed
- unwed
- unted
- unsaid
- unread
- spread
- sayed
- numed
- imbed
- embed
- behead
- tread
- thread
- szwed
- swed
- stead
- sped
2. blood
noun. ['ˈblʌd'] temperament or disposition.
Synonyms
- disposition
Antonyms
- ill humor
- original
Etymology
- blod (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. blood
noun. ['ˈblʌd'] a dissolute man in fashionable society.
Synonyms
- roue
- rake
- rip
- libertine
- rounder
- profligate
- debauchee
Antonyms
- starboard
- larboard
- obverse
- top
Etymology
- blod (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. blood
noun. ['ˈblʌd'] the descendants of one individual.
Synonyms
- descent
- side
- lineage
- blood line
- ancestry
- bloodline
- kinfolk
- stemma
- origin
- pedigree
- family
- family tree
- line of descent
- family line
- kinsfolk
- genealogy
- parentage
- folk
- sept
- line
- phratry
Antonyms
- leeward
- front
- rear
- windward
Etymology
- blod (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. red
adjective. ['ˈrɛd'] 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
- ruddy
- crimson
- reddish
- cherry
- carmine
- blood-red
- scarlet
- chromatic
- cerise
- ruby
- cherry-red
Antonyms
- unhealthy
- pessimistic
- loss
- birth
Etymology
- hreddan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- read (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. red
adjective. ['ˈrɛd'] characterized by violence or bloodshed.
Synonyms
- crimson
- violent
Antonyms
- ordinal
- unimportant
- colorlessness
Etymology
- hreddan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- read (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. red
noun. ['ˈrɛd'] red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood.
Synonyms
- vermilion
- purplish red
- purplish-red
- cardinal
- cerise
- spectral colour
- cherry red
- Turkey red
- ruby
- alizarine red
- crimson
- carmine
- chromatic colour
- chromatic color
- orange red
- dark red
- cherry
- scarlet
- sanguine
- spectral color
- chrome red
- redness
Antonyms
- decompression
- unclasp
- pull
- standard
Etymology
- hreddan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- read (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. red
adjective. ['ˈrɛd'] (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
Synonyms
- coloured
- flushed
- reddened
- colored
- red-faced
- colorful
Antonyms
- advantage
- refrain
- undercharge
- decompress
Etymology
- hreddan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- read (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. Red
noun. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana.
Synonyms
- Louisiana
- Lone-Star State
- Red River
- OK
- LA
- Texas
- TX
- Sooner State
- Oklahoma
10. red
noun. ['ˈrɛd'] emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.
Synonyms
- bolshie
- bolshy
- Marxist
- radical
Antonyms
- negativeness
- negativity
- decrease
- increase
Etymology
- hreddan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- read (Old English (ca. 450-1100))