see red

Cultural  

1. To be or become extremely angry: “When Roger realized that he had been duped, he started to see red.”

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see red Idioms  

1. Become very angry, as in I saw red when I learned they had not invited Tom and his family. The precise allusion in this term is not known, but it probably refers to the longstanding association of the color red with passion and anger. [Colloquial; c. 1900]

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see red

We would wait to see red deer that posed outside the local Kingshouse Hotel.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

This breakthrough may finally explain why astronomers rarely see red supergiants explode, even though models predict they should account for most core-collapse supernovae.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2025

Well, it didn’t take long for one of Mr. Insights’, well, insights to make people see red.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

The researchers decided to focus on what New York University philosopher Ned Block has termed “phenomenal consciousness,” or the subjective quality of an experience—what it is like to see red or feel pain.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023

Even from afar, I see red dirt covers their faces, nestling in the creases of their necks and under their fingernails.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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