Cerise \Ce*rise"\, a. [F., a cherry. See Cherry.]
Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile
fabrics, especially silk.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cerise
adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
[syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet]
n : a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cherry, cherry red]
WordNet (r) 2.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "cerise":
Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation,
carnelian, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, damask,
ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming,
glowing, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red,
lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon,
port-wine, puce, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish,
reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric,
rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent,
rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red,
vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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