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scarlet

[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /
ADJECTIVE
ruddy
Synonyms
WEAK
blooming blowsy bronzed crimson florid flush flushed fresh full-blooded glowing healthy pink red red-complexioned reddish roseate rosy rubicund ruby sanguine
Antonyms
WEAK
pale
ADJECTIVE
sanguine
Synonyms
STRONG
flush glowing red
WEAK
bloody florid rubicund ruddy
Antonyms
WEAK
pale pallid sallow
NOUN
blush
Synonyms
STRONG
bloom blossom burning color flush flushing glow glowing mantling reddening redness rosiness ruddiness
WEAK
pink tinge rosy tint
Antonyms
WEAK
paleness pallidity whiteness
NOUN
carmine
Synonyms
STRONG
cherry color crimson
NOUN
Jezebel
Synonyms
STRONG
broad floozy harlot hooker hussy jade slut strumpet tart trollop vamp whore
WEAK
fallen woman femme fatale loose woman
NOUN
red
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cardinal coral crimson flaming glowing maroon rose wine
STRONG
blooming blush brick burgundy carmine cerise cherry chestnut claret copper dahlia fuchsia garnet geranium infrared magenta pink puce ruby russet rust salmon sanguine titian vermilion
WEAK
bloodshot florid flushed healthy inflamed roseate rosy rubicund ruddy rufescent

Example Sentences

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Her parents took her to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, but doctors initially thought she had scarlet fever or Strep A, and sent her home, according to her parents.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

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 • Dec. 4, 2025

She stared up, and Fire Mountain was still shooting scarlet stars, a glow of red on the gray cone, but the lava hadn’t followed them and they were safe at home.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr