rubied

Set with garnets

Rubied means adorned with rubies or having the deep red color of rubies.

The word appears almost exclusively in poetry and literary prose: her rubied lips, rubied light through stained glass.

It suggests richness and preciousness, drawing on the gemstone's associations with royalty and passion.

color

scarlet

Bright orangish-red color

garnet · wine · maroon · claret · vermilion · carmine · cerise · rose · coral · flame

gemstone

garnet

Red semiprecious stone

corundum · cabochon · facet · carat · setting · bezel · inlay · studded · encrusted · bejeweled

adornment

bejeweled

Decorated with precious stones

embellished · ornamented · inlaid · gilded · jeweled · bedazzled · decorated · crowned · festooned · bedecked

opulence

luxurious

Marked by costly elegance

magnificent · splendid · resplendent · ornate · regal · palatial · gilded · rich · elegant · grand

passion

ardent

Intensely enthusiastic or devoted

  • ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
  • fieryIntensely hot or passionate
  • burningCombustion in progress

intense · impassioned · glowing · inflamed · flushed · heated · amorous · desire · love · yearning

Opposites
adornment/ornamentation

rubiedplain

Basic and unremarkable

unadorned · undecorated · bare · unembellished · simple

color/appearance

rubiedcolorless

Devoid of pigmentation

pale · dull · wan · blanched · ashen

preciousness/value

rubiedcommon

Widespread and unremarkable

cheap · base · worthless

Family

rubies, rubicund

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G