blood-red
adjective
of the deep-red color of blood.
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blood-red
American
[bluhd-red]
/ ˈblʌdˈrɛd /
adjective
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of the deep-red color of blood.
a fiery, blood-red sunset.
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red with blood.
The blood-red banner symbolized the army's defeat.
blood red
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of blood-red
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
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A blood-red tree descends, its skeletal branches and ropy roots suggesting veins and arteries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
He now sports a jet black prosthetic leg with blood-red curves painted around it.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
We hear allusions to a blood-red sun, a poisoned sea and buzzards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
Enhancing the eerie mood, the venue was bathed in blood-red lights throughout the concert, with Florence in a flowing claret dress, her sleeves swaying in time to the music.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
As soon as his blade hit the monster, the katobleps disappeared in a flash of blood-red light.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Two smaller chapels—one blood red, and the other white—contrast with the interior’s shades of gray, as do stained-glass and hand-painted windows, which, in handwriting, call out the Virgin by name, “Marie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
It’s what makes blood red and very iron-rich.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025
The Scottish poppy has the same recognisable blood red colour, but it has four-lobed petals and no leaf.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
Baggy khakis became skinny jeans, marine blue and blood red were swapped for fluorescent color schemes, and women numbered among the biggest stars of this dance-rap phenomenon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
The sun was finally going down over the mountains, turning the sky blood red.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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