empurpled
Made bruise-colored now
Empurpled means made purple or given a purple tinge, whether literally or figuratively.
The word appears most often in literary or poetic contexts to describe something suffused with purple color, such as a sky at dusk or a face flushed with emotion.
The empurpled horizon signaled the day's end.
It can also suggest nobility or grandeur, since purple has long been associated with royalty.
Small five-petaled wildflower
- amethystPurple semiprecious quartz
- plumSoft stone fruit
- grapeVine-grown berry cluster
- lilacPale purple hue
mauve · mulberry · wine · eggplant · indigo · burgundy · magenta · orchid
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- ornateElaborately decorated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
turgid · flowery · melodramatic · theatrical · rhetorical · effusive · extravagant · hyperbolic
Light after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- afterglowLingering light or feeling
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- eveningLate day period
nightfall · sundown · gloaming · dimming · silhouette · sky · clouds · streaked
Tissue damage beneath skin
- discolorationAltered surface pigmentation
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- blackenedDarkened by burning
swollen · blotched · marked · blemished · injured · welted · darkened
Reddened from emotion
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- apoplecticOvercome by rage
- furiousExtremely angry
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
inflamed · incensed · livid · indignant · wrathful · blushing · embarrassed · mortified
violet
Small five-petaled wildflower
lilac · mauve · mulberry · wine · eggplant · indigo · burgundy · magenta · orchid · boysenberry
florid
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- ornateElaborately decorated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
bombastic · turgid · flowery · melodramatic · theatrical · rhetorical · effusive · extravagant · hyperbolic · overblown
twilight
Light after sunset
evening · nightfall · sundown · gloaming · dimming · silhouette · sky · clouds · streaked · blazing
contusion
Tissue damage beneath skin
- discolorationAltered surface pigmentation
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
blackened · swollen · blotched · marked · blemished · injured · welted · darkened
flushed
Reddened from emotion
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- apoplecticOvercome by rage
- furiousExtremely angry
impassioned · inflamed · incensed · livid · indignant · wrathful · blushing · embarrassed · mortified · suffused
regal
Of or befitting royalty
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- sovereignSupreme in power
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
coronation · regalia · throne · crown · scepter · ermine · nobility · palatial · tyrian · Byzantine