Synonyms for see red
- boil
- bristle
- flare
- fume
- simmer
- smolder
- burn
- ferment
- flip
- foam
- froth
- rage
- spark
- stew
- storm
- be furious
- be incensed
- be livid
- be mad
- be on the warpath
- blow one's stack
- blow up
- breathe fire
- foam at mouth
- hit the ceiling
Antonyms for see red
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SEE RED
But when I think of my father, and those who hate him, I see red.
She could not make anybody bleed: it was terrible to see red blood.
This made me see red; my sister is pure and must be pure, since she is a witch.
They all of them see red; I should think they'll soon begin to dance the dance of blood.
In the meantime they must see red, and learn to do things with once telling.
The will to strike was all there, only one did not see red when one delivered the blow.
Suppose one could see red only, the other blue and the third yellow.
He was beginning to see red in whatever direction he looked.
I can only see red hair, and green eyes, and a general look of the devil.
To this day, my friends, I do not care to see red and white together.
WORD ORIGIN
Old English read "red," from Proto-Germanic *rauthaz (cf. Old Norse rauðr, Danish rød, Old Saxon rod, Old Frisian rad, Middle Dutch root, Dutch rood, German rot, Gothic rauþs). As a noun from mid-13c.
The Germanic words are from PIE root *reudh- "red, ruddy" (cf. Latin ruber, also dialectal rufus "light red," mostly of hair; Greek erythros; Sanskrit rudhira-; Avestan raoidita-; Old Church Slavonic rudru, Polish rumiany, Russian rumjanyj "flushed, red," of complexions, etc.; Lithuanian raudas; Old Irish ruad, Welsh rhudd, Breton ruz "red"). The only color for which a definite common PIE root word has been found. The initial -e- in the Greek word is because Greek tends to avoid beginning words with -r-.
Along with dead, bread (n.), lead (n.1), the vowel shortened in Middle English. The surname Read/Reid retains the original Old English long vowel pronunciation and is the corresponding surname to Brown-, Black, White.
The color designation of Native Americans in English from 1580s. The color as characteristic of "British possessions" on a map is attested from 1885. Red-white-and-blue in reference to American patriotism, from the colors of the flag, is from 1840; in a British context, in reference to the Union flag, 1852. The red flag was used as a symbol of defiance in battle on land or sea from c.1600. To see red "get angry" is an American English expression first recorded 1898. Red rover, the children's game, attested from 1891. Red light as a sign to stop is from 1849, long before traffic signals. As the sign of a brothel, it is attested from 1899. As a children's game (in reference to the traffic light meaning) it is recorded from 1953.
Red-letter day (late 14c.) was originally a saint's day, marked on church calendars in red letters. Red ball signifying "express" in railroad jargon is 1904, originally (1899) a system of moving and tracking freight cars. Red dog, type of U.S. football pass rush, is recorded from 1959. Red meat is from 1808. Red shift in spectography is first recorded 1923. Red carpet "sumptuous welcome" is from 1934, but the custom for dignitaries is described as far back as Aeschylus ("Agamemnon"); it also was the name of a type of English moth.