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English adjective: purple | |||
| 1. | purple of a color intermediate between red and blue | ||
| Synonyms | purplish, violet | ||
| Similar | chromatic | ||
| Antonyms | achromatic, neutral | ||
| 2. | purple excessively elaborate or showily expressed | ||
| Samples | A writer of empurpled literature. Many purple passages. An over-embellished story of the fish that got away. | ||
| Synonyms | empurpled, over-embellished | ||
| Similar | rhetorical | ||
| Antonyms | unrhetorical | ||
| 3. | purple belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | ||
| Samples | Golden age of imperial splendor. Purple tyrant. Regal attire. Treated with royal acclaim. The royal carriage of a stag's head. | ||
| Synonyms | imperial, majestic, regal, royal | ||
| Similar | noble | ||
| Antonyms | lowborn | ||
English noun: purple | |||
| 1. | purple (attribute) a purple color or pigment | ||
| Synonyms | purpleness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lavender, mauve, reddish blue, reddish purple, royal purple, violet | ||
| 2. | purple (state) of imperial status | ||
| Samples | He was born to the purple. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nobility, noblesse | ||
English verb: purple | |||
| 1. | purple (change) become purple | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour | ||
| 2. | purple (change) color purple | ||
| Synonyms | empurple, purpurate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize | ||
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