blood-red

[ bluhd-red ]

adjective

of the deep-red color of blood: a fiery, blood-red sunset.
red with blood: The blood-red banner symbolized the army's defeat.

Origin of blood-red

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Words Nearby blood-red

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How to use blood-red in a sentence

Besides, no one is suggesting that she run in some blood-red enclave like Kansas or Wyoming.
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Spirits were high as blood-red farm equipment was on the march, crushing doubts and pessimism like so many misplaced forearms!
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The truth is a blood-red fog bank rolled over all of us in Iraq and Afghanistan and never lifted.
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His masterful color sense paired a blood-red satin tunic with fuchsia trousers.
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NOVEMBER 15 1979, WASHINGTON, DC: Congress is accidentally photographed wearing their blood-red robes of state.
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For a few moments - 167 -the sun bathes the great garden in a pinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
And her sides shone red as blood—red as they had shone on the grassy lawn of an old chateau near far-off Vienna.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | Various
That moment a blood-red glow took the place of the sickly yellow which had hitherto filled every recess of this weird apartment.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine Green
The slabs of the flooring, covered everywhere else with greenish moisture, wore a blood-red tint under the prong.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
He saw a horseman in flashing armor and blood-red turban come pricking toward them.
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British Dictionary definitions for blood red

blood red

noun

- a deep red colour
- (as adjective): blood-red roses

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