blood-red

[ bluhd-red ]

adjective

1. of the deep-red color of blood:

   a fiery, blood-red sunset.

2. red with blood:

   The blood-red banner symbolized the army's defeat.

blood red

noun

1. 1. a deep red colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      blood-red roses

Word History and Origins

Origin of blood-red¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

Besides, no one is suggesting that she run in some blood-red enclave like Kansas or Wyoming.

From The Daily Beast

Spirits were high as blood-red farm equipment was on the march, crushing doubts and pessimism like so many misplaced forearms!

From The Daily Beast

The truth is a blood-red fog bank rolled over all of us in Iraq and Afghanistan and never lifted.

From The Daily Beast

His masterful color sense paired a blood-red satin tunic with fuchsia trousers.

From The Daily Beast

NOVEMBER 15 1979, WASHINGTON, DC: Congress is accidentally photographed wearing their blood-red robes of state.

From The Daily Beast

For a few moments - 167 -the sun bathes the great garden in a pinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees.

From Project Gutenberg

And her sides shone red as blood—red as they had shone on the grassy lawn of an old chateau near far-off Vienna.

From Project Gutenberg

That moment a blood-red glow took the place of the sickly yellow which had hitherto filled every recess of this weird apartment.

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The slabs of the flooring, covered everywhere else with greenish moisture, wore a blood-red tint under the prong.

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He saw a horseman in flashing armor and blood-red turban come pricking toward them.

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