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adjective

ˈred How to pronounce red (audio)
Definition of rednext
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as in glowing
having a healthy reddish skin tone the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus

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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night

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red

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noun

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as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government

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as in communist
capitalized an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin

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Recent Examples of red
Adjective
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Your Place or Mine, Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and the kickoff of Grammy weekend events. — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023 Keep reading for 9 trends seen on the runways and red carpets that everyone will be adopting soon. — Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
Noun
Alston’s photograph shows White in the later part of her career, wearing red, eyes bright with her signature spark. — Alex Portée, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025 Nolen: The alabaster brow, the little dots of red in your cheek. — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for red
Recent Examples of Synonyms for red
  1. glowing
  2. boiling
  3. rebel
  4. communist
  5. searing
  6. insurgent
  7. comrade
  8. ruddy
Adjective
  • Meghan Markle's Netflix Backlash Meghan's Netflix show earned scornful reviews not only in the British press, long the villains of Meghan and Prince Harry's narrative, but also among U.S. outlets that previously provided glowing coverage.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Firefly's Blue Ghost spacecraft — which landed in the Sea of Crises on March 2 — took some spectacular images of a total solar eclipse (a total eclipse of the sun by Earth) as both a diamond ring and a glowing red ring of sunlight.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of glowing
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Definition of boiling
Noun
  • The rebels have loosely defined what constitutes an Israeli ship, meaning many vessels could be targeted.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Parnell, the Pentagon spokesperson, said the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which has been carrying out strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, will stay in the region through this month, though its deployment there was scheduled to have ended at the end of March.
    — Haley Britzky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of rebel
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  • In the 1950s, the FBI under Director J. Edgar Hoover created the counter-intelligence programs COINTELPRO, allegedly for investigating communists and radical political groups, and the Ghetto Informant Program.
    — Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.
    — Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Definition of communist
Adjective
  • Stir-frying is a method of quickly searing and cooking bite-size pieces of protein and vegetables in a splash of oil over high heat.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Theron’s performance as the one-armed warrior Furiosa is one for the ages—stoic, searing and unbearably emotional beneath the surface.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of searing
Noun
  • The sniper gun is peering through an eight-inch-wide hole blasted into the wall, and the insurgents, having figured out that the Americans are in there, toss a grenade through the hole.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Warfare plots, in real time, a surveillance mission in Ramadi gone awry when nearby Al Qaeda insurgents detonate a series of IEDs outside a housing building which the team has taken over.
    — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Lavin’s death is a particularly emotional loss given the heartfelt nature of the sitcom, which follows three longtime friends who decide to move in together after the death of their fourth comrade.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
  • One of his comrades, Elliot (Cosmo Jarvis), was badly wounded.
    — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of comrade
Adjective
  • The blood moon is a trick of the light, when the typical whitish looking moon becomes red or ruddy brown.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Earth is backlit by the sun during a lunar eclipse, so all the sunlight falling on the lunar surface is passing through the thickest part of our atmosphere, bathing the moon in a ruddy glow.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
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