Meaning

(literary, especially of the sea) Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of red wine..

Definitions by Sense

1. (literary, especially of the sea) Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of red wine.
2. A specific color among several that represent red wine.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: vinous, vinaceous, wine-blue, winelike

He had that type of countenance which dim tradition was already beginning to assign to the Son of Man—the perfectly oval face, the waved and wine-dark hair, the glowing complexion, the eyes whose depths seemed to be lighted by some holy spiritual flame within—of Him who had been fairer than the children of men.

The Trojan War was probably real enough, but the myths of Aeneas crossing the wine-dark Mediterranean to lay the foundations of the Roman Empire in Italy, and Brutus's subsequent journey to fill Britain with descendants of the Trojans, are myths.

Word Forms

• winedark

Synonyms for wine-dark

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Use wine-dark when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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