dearg — meaning in English

English meaning

• bloody adj Covered in or stained with blood.
• blush verb To turn red in the face, usually from embarrassment, shame, or shyness.
• live verb To be alive; to have life.
• red adj Having the color of blood, ripe strawberries, or a stop light.

Senses

dearg is used for these senses in English:

• bloody Characterised by bloodshed.
• blush (intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
• live Being in a state of ignition; burning.
• red (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
• red (of a, dog, or, its coat) Having a brown color.
• red Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• red (countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

bloody — full definition

1. adj Covered in or stained with blood.
2. adj Involving a great deal of violence and killing.
3. adv (British, informal) Used to add emphasis, often expressing annoyance.

blush — full definition

1. verb To turn red in the face, usually from embarrassment, shame, or shyness.
2. noun A reddening of the face caused by embarrassment or shyness.

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