Synonyms for scarlet
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : skahr-lit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɑr lɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for scarlet Other synonyms for the word scarlet
- bloodshot
- bloody
- blooming
- blowsy
- brick
- broad
- bronzed
- burgundy
- burning
- carmine
- cerise
- cherry
- chestnut
- claret
- color
- copper
- crimson
- dahlia
- fallen woman
- femme fatale
- floozy
- florid
- flush
- flushed
- flushing
- fresh
- fuchsia
- full-blooded
- garnet
- geranium
- glow
- glowing
- harlot
- healthy
- hooker
- hussy
- inflamed
- infrared
- jade
- loose woman
- magenta
- mantling
- pink
- pink tinge
- puce
- red
- red-complexioned
- reddening
- reddish
- redness
- roseate
- rosiness
- rosy
- rosy tint
- rubicund
- ruby
- ruddiness
- ruddy
- rufescent
- russet
- rust
- salmon
- sanguine
- scarlet
- slut
- strumpet
- tart
- titian
- trollop
- vamp
- vermilion
- whore
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for scarlet
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