'Cerise' definitions:
Definition of 'cerise'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
noun
A red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry, cherry red]
Definition of 'Cerise'
From: GCIDE
- Cerise \Ce*rise"\, a. [F., a cherry. See Cherry.] Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cerise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Titian,
- Titian-red,
- vermilion,
- vinaceous,
- warm,
- wine,
- wine-colored,
- wine-red