rosy
To make pinkish in colourTo make pinkish in colour.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» In your rosy cheeks rests innocence.
carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To make pinkish in colour.
(transitive)To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
Examples
16 sentencesIn your rosy cheeks rests innocence.
I have a rosy outlook on life.
Not everything is rosy for the color-blind.
His prospects are not so rosy as you suppose.
deSeine Aussichten sind nicht so rosig, wie du meinst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Everything is not as rosy as one would like.
ruВсё не так радужно, как хотелось бы. — ZegPhig
Origin
From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
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Forms
rosies, rosying, rosied, rosiedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.