scarlet
About 3.67 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.
scarlet:
- noun Cloth of a scarlet color.
- adjective Of a bright red colour.
- adjective Sinful or whorish.
a scarlet woman
- adjective Blushing; embarrassed or mortified.
- verb To dye or tinge (something) with scarlet.
Similar words
crimson red ruddy reddish ruby-red vermilion cerise carmine cherry-red cherry
Often followed by
fever letter and cloth flowers pimpernel with coat woman
Word family
scarlets
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