Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To look through rose-tinted glasses at; to view or describe as better than it actually is or was.

  2. To tint with the color rose; to suffuse with a rosy hue.

Origin

Back formation from look through rose-tinted glasses

Back formation from look through rose-tinted glasses

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Forms

rose-tints, rose-tinting, rose-tinted, rose-tinted
Base formrose-tint · to rose-tint
3rd person singularrose-tints
Present participlerose-tinting
Past simplerose-tinted
Past participlerose-tinted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrose-tint
he, she, itrose-tints

Past simpleLesson

all personsrose-tinted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rose-tinted
he, she, ithas rose-tinted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rose-tint

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rosaryroseA1rosebudrosemaryrosettarosin
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