Thesaurus results for REDDISH

reddish

adjective

Definition of reddish

as in crimson

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Recent Examples of reddish The head and thorax are primarily reddish brown, with yellow on the face. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026 The bedroom is on floor one, the first door on the right (that door, by the way, has three peepholes carved seemingly at random), and is bedecked in reddish wood. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026 There are now more than 140 tree species commercialized as rosewoods, all with lustrous, dense and typically reddish wood. — Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026 In the winter, however, their feathers and bill shift to shades of gray, while their eyes dull to a deep reddish brown. — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reddish

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After brushing off any remaining crumbs, Lova made her way to the John Rylands Library, a neo-Gothic building of crimson sandstone that dominates the high street.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of crimson

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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