scarlet

Definition of scarlet

Adjectives

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Synonyms:
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy
chromatic
being or having or characterized by hue

Nouns

a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
Synonyms:
orange red, vermilion
Type of:
red, redness
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

Vocabulary Lists for scarlet

George Orwell's 1984" Part 1 (comprehensive) »(2491 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
  • newspeak
  • prole
  • Big Brother
  • labour camp
  • doublethink

George Orwell's "1984" Part 2 (comprehensive) »(2441 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
  • gateleg table
  • labour camp
  • Eurasia
  • prole
  • newspeak

  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

  • self-torment
  • customhouse
  • scarlet
  • impish
  • reprieve

Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War" »(510 words)
Vocabulary study list for Robert Cormier's "The...
  • accessory
  • acne
  • admiration
  • admission
  • adulation

  • ruddy
  • red
  • crimson
  • scarlet
  • flushed

  • pussy
  • Amish
  • sip
  • wipe
  • wipe off

  • vermillion
  • russet
  • cyan
  • azure
  • lazuline

Words that contain scarlet