What is the meaning of crimson?

noun

• A deep and vivid red color.
  • synonyms: ruby, deep red

verb

• Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.
  • usage: "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
  • synonyms: blush, flush, redden

adjective

• 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: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
• Characterized by violence or bloodshed."writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage- Hudson Strode
  • synonyms: red, violent
• Especially of the face. ( reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion)
  • usage: "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
  • synonyms: red, reddened, red-faced, flushed