crimson
adjective
deep purplish-red.
have crimsoned
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present perfectof crimson.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lucetta's face, which should have crimsoned with mortification, turned most unaccountably pale.
From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Anna Katharine Green
Had she not, her blood would have crimsoned the great altar of Diana—she would have laid down her life for her goddess!
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short
He would have crimsoned to the eyes, no doubt, and fled from the virago.
From Way of the Lawless by Max Brand
