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Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "maroon" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Maroon Bells Maroon Creek Maroon Peak North Maroon Peak maroon cucumber maroon lake maroonage marooner maroonish

Etymologically Related To

moron

Context

derogatory nautical slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abandon desert desolate firework forsake insulate isolate purplish red purplish-red pyrotechnic unfortunate unfortunate person

Type Of (IsA)

colour firework purplish red unfortunate

Manner Of

abandon isolate

Related Terms

abandon abandonment air raid brown burgundy castaway color color red colour cranberry cranberry color crew dark dark purple dark red darker deep deep purple deep red firework fool foolish foolish person hue idiot is color island island abandonment lifeboat like like burgundy macaroni negro person pirates pirates punishment propel punishment purple purple brown red red color red hue reddish reddish color rocket signal skyrocket slave summon warn

Similar Terms

chromatic

Synonym Network

brownish red

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