BURGUNDIES Synonyms

• a deep and vivid red color

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

• a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

• of deep purplish red

• a person who is stranded (as on an island)

• a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

• an exploding firework used as a warning signal

• of dark brownish to purplish red

• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

• leave stranded on a desert island without resources

• a color between red and blue

• (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

• (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes

• of a color intermediate between red and blue

• excessively elaborate or showily expressed

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

• become purple

• color purple

• a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers

• a deep and vivid red color

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• fermented juice (of grapes especially)

• a red as dark as red wine

• drink wine

• treat to wine

• red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)

• a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines