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Definition of See red

1. Verb. Become angry. "Sam and Sue see red over the results of the experiment"; "He angers easily"

Definition of See red

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To become angry or irritated. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic football) To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of See Red

Literary usage of See red

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"see red cross society, American national. American newspapers. See Newspapers—United States. American optical company. -Modern machine shops and Industrial ..."

2. The American Fruit Culturist by Jon Jacob Thomas (1897)
"Fertile d'Angleterre. see red Dutch. Fertile de Berlin. see red Dutch ... see red Dutch. Large-Fruited Missouri. A large-sized variety of the Missouri ..."

3. The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together with Vita de Dowel by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1884)
"187. See note, p. 126. Rede, s. advice ; be to rede, thee for advice, ie as advice to thee, 8. 69 ». (But it is a false reading.) see red. ..."

4. A Glossary of Mineralogy by Henry William Bristow (1861)
"RED ORPIMENT, Jameson. See REALGAR RED OXIDE OF COPPER, Phillips. See RED COPPER. RKD OXIDE OF ZINC, Phillips. ZINCITE. RED SCALY IRON ORE, Kirwan. ..."

5. The Catholic's Work in the World: A Practical Solution of Religious and by Joseph Casper Husslein (1917)
"Discrimination is unknown to him. Exaggeration and distortion become the order of the day. How else could he continue to see red? .There is for him no need ..."

6. The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature: Being a Collection of Stories by Cuchulain, Eleanor Hull (1898)
"'I see red on them, I see crimson. ... 'I see red on them, I see crimson.' 'The manner in which thou ..."

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