Antonyms for scarlet

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : skahr-lit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɑr lɪt

Definition of scarlet

Origin : mid-13c., "rich cloth" (often, but not necessarily, bright red), from a shortened form of Old French escarlate "scarlet (color), top-quality fabric" (12c., Modern French écarlate), from Medieval Latin scarlatum "scarlet, cloth of scarlet" (also source of Italian scarlatto, Spanish escarlate), probably via a Middle Eastern source (cf. Arabic siqillat "fine cloth"), from Medieval Greek and ultimately from Late Latin sigillatus "clothes and cloth decorated with small symbols or figures," literally "sealed," past participle of sigillare, from the root of sign (n.).
In English as the name of a color, attested from late 14c. As an adjective from c.1300. Scarlet lady, etc. (Isa. i:18, Rev. xvii:1-5) is from notion of "red with shame or indignation." Scarlet fever is from 1670s, so called for its characteristic rash. Scarlet oak, a New World tree, attested from 1590s. Scarlet letter traces to Hawthorne's story (1850). German Scharlach, Dutch scharlaken show influence of words cognate with English lake (n.2).

As in ruddy : adj pinkish, blushing
As in sanguine : adj reddish; flushed
As in Jezebel : noun prostitute
As in red : noun color of blood; shade resembling such a color
As in blush : noun pink coloring
As in carmine : noun red

Example sentences :

There was an enigmatic smile bending the scarlet lips as she answered.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

As it was, his face was scarlet, when he turned it away from the desk and towards the boys.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

Sophy was unwell, was feverish; the scarlet fever had been in the neighbourhood.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The doctor was sent for, and pronounced it to be the scarlet fever.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

She took off her hat and pulled the scarlet flowers from it.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

"I'm not twenty yet," said Betty, with ears and face of scarlet.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

To-day she had contrived to pick up some geranium blossoms, scarlet and pink.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

The boy's face was red enough at all times, but it turned to scarlet now.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

But not a single man in the crowd called upon the stranger in scarlet.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

He, also, took overheed to what he was about, and so he fell into Will Scarlet's error.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Synonyms for scarlet

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