Its vivid scarlet flowers are matched by a powerful fragrance.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You probably own a scarlet trench coat and think that heather is a flattering colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The scarlet and yellow flowers really do look like the sun on fire.
The Sun (2010)
His face flushed scarlet and he sat bolt upright.
Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden (1911)
Many families regard the prize of a scarlet coat and silver badge as their due.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The first flecks of scarlet and yellow can be seen on wild cherry trees.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow.
LM Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (1872)
And we have our famous scarlet coats for going out.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
On the wild cherry trees there are more scarlet and yellow leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was scarlet in colour, and there was a flash of anger in her eyes.
Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters (1864)
By the end of the play it is almost as red as his scarlet Speedos.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The scarlet flowers are as vibrant under grey skies as they are in bright Mediterranean sunlight.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Each soft, white petal has central streaks of vivid scarlet.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They were both scarlet of face, screaming at each other over the dispatch box.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I had seen some scarlet flowers that could well fit the bill.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The scarlet and turquoise cloth covers are intended to suggest stained glass; the page spread is large enough to imply a stage.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
But I found no scarlet flowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The bright scarlet arable plant emerged after army vehicles had driven back and forth over a certain part of the Plain, destroying the tall grass.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
scarlet
British English: scarlet /ˈskɑːlɪt/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is scarlet is bright red.
...fields of scarlet poppies.
American English: scarlet
Arabic: قِرْمِزِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: escarlate
Chinese: 猩红的
Croatian: grimizan
Czech: šarlatový
Danish: skarlagensrød
Dutch: scharlaken
European Spanish: escarlata
Finnish: kirkkaanpunainen
French: écarlate
German: scharlachrot
Greek: άλικος
Italian: scarlatto
Japanese: 深紅色の
Korean: 주홍의
Norwegian: purpurrød
Polish: szkarłatny
European Portuguese: escarlate
Romanian: stacojiu
Russian: алый
Latin American Spanish: escarlata
Swedish: scharlakansröd
Thai: สีแดงสด
Turkish: kan kırmızısı
Ukrainian: яскраво-червоний
Vietnamese: đỏ tươi
All related terms of 'scarlet'
scarlet hat
a cardinal's hat
scarlet fever
Scarlet fever is an infectious disease which gives you a painful throat , a high temperature , and red spots on your skin .
scarlet woman
a sinful woman described in Revelation 17, interpreted as a figure either of pagan Rome or of the Roman Catholic Church regarded as typifying vice overlaid with gaudy pageantry
scarlet women
a sinful woman described in Revelation 17, interpreted as a figure either of pagan Rome or of the Roman Catholic Church regarded as typifying vice overlaid with gaudy pageantry
scarlet letter
(esp among US Puritans ) a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery
scarlet runner
a climbing perennial bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus (or P . coccineus ), of tropical America, having scarlet flowers: widely cultivated for its long green edible pods containing edible seeds
scarlet tanager
an E North American tanager , Piranga olivacea, the male of which has a bright red head and body with black wings and tail
scarlet pimpernel
a weedy primulaceous plant, Anagallis arvensis, of temperate regions, having small red, purple , or white star-shaped flowers that close in bad weather
scarlet runner bean
a climbing perennial bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus (or P . coccineus ), of tropical America, having scarlet flowers: widely cultivated for its long green edible pods containing edible seeds
scarlet runner (bean)
a climbing bean plant ( Phaseolus coccineus ) of tropical America, having pods with large, edible, red-and-black seeds and usually having scarlet flowers: often grown in cold climates as an ornamental
poor man's weatherglass
a weedy primulaceous plant, Anagallis arvensis, of temperate regions, having small red, purple , or white star-shaped flowers that close in bad weather
red valerian
a bushy valerian , Centranthus ruber , of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson , or white flowers
shepherd's weatherglass
a weedy primulaceous plant, Anagallis arvensis, of temperate regions, having small red, purple , or white star-shaped flowers that close in bad weather