Thesaurus results for REDDISH

reddish

adjective

Definition of reddish

as in crimson

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Recent Examples of reddish During the eclipse, Earth’s shadow will appear reddish orange on the lunar surface because of the way Earth’s atmosphere scatters light from the sun. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 Oxygen typically produces green and red colors, while nitrogen can create blue, pink and reddish-purple hues. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 In this case, Earth will pass between the moon and the sun, casting a reddish-orange shadow onto our closest neighbor. — Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 To hear Ossoff, a more moderate Democrat in a reddish-purple state, direct a sharp—albeit petty—jab directly at the president thrilled such voters. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reddish

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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

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

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