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the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana 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 bloody having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies chromatic 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 Strode bloody (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" colored 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" emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries |
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