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scarlet

[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /




NOUN
carmine
Synonyms




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Trees rose halfway up the hill and then stopped, and the hill went on alone, a great dark swell of land against the scarlet setting of the sun.

From Literature

Aladdin Sane, with his face strafed by a scarlet firebolt edged in blue, blue, electric blue, is quintessential Bowie iconography.

From Salon

It seemed to spread out around her in endless waves of shiny scarlet fabric.

From Literature

But Ana-Maria is no imperious popular princess—she’s nice to Lucia, responding with youthful awe when Lucia shyly shows her the scarlet lipstick that she got from her aunt in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal

This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.

From Science Daily