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adjective

Definition of incarnadinenext
as in crimson

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incarnadine

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verb

as in to crimson

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarnadine
  1. crimson
  2. rouge
  3. reddish
  4. blush
  5. red
  6. glow
  7. ruby
  8. redden
Adjective
  • For some, fall fashion starts with color, working in warm browns and flashes of crimson red or shaking typical neutrals up with pops of cobalt blue.
    — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The crimson hue that may have been visible at the height of the eclipse will gradually fade as the crescent of the lunar disk exposed to direct sunlight grows, and normality reasserts itself over the natural satellite.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of crimson
Verb
  • The same flowers rouged the edges of the road, where the resident Labrador mixes, Lulu and Mocio, led us back to the agriturismo’s bodega.
    — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • His face seemed to flash through colors, his cheeks rouged, then went pink, then yellow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of rouge
Adjective
  • Crawford, a longtime supporter of Ukraine and a devotee of the American pit bull terrier, came forward and handed a reddish-yellow puppy to Zelensky.
    — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • At maximum eclipse, much of the moon may take on an eerie reddish hue as sunlight filtered through Earth's atmosphere is refracted into the shadow and onto the lunar surface.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of reddish
Verb
  • As the clock edges toward midnight on October 27, book stores and e-tailers across the globe will be blushing with anticipation.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Soon, though, the musicians fill in the midrange with blushing chords and a bell-tone melody that pulls gently away from the root note, creating a gentle tension.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of blush
Adjective
  • SoCal likely in the clear A red blob on the hurricane center's forecast map well south of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula represents a developing tropical system, one that some models show could eventually impact California.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The cashmere sweater comes in nine colors, including vintage pink, deep red, and navy blue.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of red
Verb
  • For a bold and vibrant fall hair transformation, consider colors with warm tones that add depth and glow to your look.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026
  • On Broadway, these glow like amber beacons, alas offering a respite from the darkness that best serves what Holloway and Barrett are trying to do.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of glow
Adjective
  • Next to the ruby-red Majorelle bar, L’Asiatique restaurant, with its Ming Dynasty–style chairs and black lacquer tables, is a vision of Deco decadence.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The Institute of Agriculture notes that there are a few hummingbirds that surface between November and late March in Tennessee and other Southern states, but these birds are not typically ruby-throat hummingbirds.
    — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of ruby
Verb
  • The crimson color stems from that outgoing light being reddened by the overlying layers of gas, much as sunlight scattering through Earth’s atmosphere can tint a sunset red.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • One of them, a shorter, bearded man with a nose reddened and swollen from years of abusing liquor, gave a low whistle.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of redden
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