scarlet
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
cloth or clothing of this color.
of the color scarlet.
flagrantly offensive: Their sins were scarlet.
Origin of scarlet
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How to use scarlet in a sentence
Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWith scarlet lips and chemical red hair, the erstwhile agent is still making headlines in the West.
“I don't know what they want me as a witness for,” he told reporters, whom he received in scarlet pajamas in the hospital.
She confesses that shame “hung around my neck like a scarlet-A albatross.”
The end credit scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier introduces the new Avengers the scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
A Guide to Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, the Twins Teased at the End of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ | Rich Goldstein | April 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Its pages are filled with the purple gowns of kings and the scarlet trappings of the warrior.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockUnder the long lashes of low lids a pair of eyes black and insolent set off the haughty lines of her scarlet lips.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe scarlet calico canopy was again set up over the bed, and the woven cradle, on its red manzanita frame, stood near.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonAs she peered into the face of Dr. Ashton, her own was scarlet and yellow, and her voice rose to a shriek.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodIt seemed; it truly seemed as if the tide of blue, grey, scarlet specks was submerging the enemy's strongholds.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for scarlet
/ (ˈskɑːlɪt) /
a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
cloth or clothing of this colour
of the colour scarlet
sinful or immoral, esp unchaste
Origin of scarlet
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