beet red

plural beet reds

1. CanadaUScountableuncountableSynonym of beetroot red (“deep purplish red”).

   Synonyms: beetroot red

comparative more beet red · superlative most beet red

1. CanadaUSSynonym of beetroot red (“of a deep purplish red”).

   She felt terribly congested, her hands started to swell and her face turned beet red.

   1999 March 7, Jennifer Steinhauer, “A Rise in Allergies to Latex Threatens Medical Workers”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

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   His players, the Hustlin’ Owls, known as Danny’s Boys to the locals, strained to hear the instructions Miles whispered. They took their cues from the color of his bald head, which turns crimson when embarrassed, scarlet when angry and beet red when ready to explode.

   2012 February 23, Greg Bishop, “For 41 Years, Town Cheers Danny’s Boys”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2012

   If you suddenly look in the mirror one day, and the whole half of the white part of your eye is beet red, then you're thinking, 'What on earth is happening here?'

   2021 June 18, Sean Fitz-Gerald, quoting Patrick Tracey, “‘It just looks like hell’: What’s going on with the Canadiens’ Jeff Petry’s ‘scary-looking’ eyes”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2025

   Synonyms: beetroot red