scarlet
IPA: skˈɑrɫʌt
noun
- A brilliant red colour tinged with orange.
- Cloth of a scarlet color.
- A female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.
verb
- (transitive) To dye or tinge (something) with scarlet.
adjective
- Of a bright red colour.
- Sinful or whorish.
- (Ireland) Blushing; embarrassed or mortified.
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Examples of "scarlet" in Sentences
- The bedspread is scarlet coloured.
- The inside of the mouth is scarlet.
- The leaves turn scarlet in the fall.
- The rash of scarlet fever spares the face.
- The rash is the most striking sign of scarlet fever.
- Note the brighter scarlet of the officer on the right.
- It has pendent flowers with scarlet red and some green.
- The vivid scarlet of the Italian miniaturists is unique.
- Felicity temporarily adopted the identity of the new Scarlet Spider.
- The mascot is the Knight, and the school colors are scarlet and gold.
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