rosy
pink or pinkish-red; roseate.
(of persons, the cheeks, lips, etc.) having a fresh, healthy redness.
bright or promising: a rosy future.
cheerful or optimistic: rosy anticipations.
made or consisting of roses: a rosy bower.
Origin of rosy
1Other words for rosy
Opposites for rosy
Other words from rosy
- ros·i·ness, noun
Other definitions for Rosy (2 of 2)
a female given name, form of Rose.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use rosy in a sentence
But others, particularly American Jewish leaders, took a rosier view.
Bennett’s Western Wall Move Is No Goodwill Gesture | Sigal Samuel | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile Shriver may have a rocky road of emotional recovery ahead, her career options have never been rosier.
But now there are two possible outcomes, and both of them appear to be rosier for the president.
Obama Gets Lucky in South Carolina Primary Results | Andrew Romano | January 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Fulds bought the house in rosier times—March 2004—from Jeffrey Gelman, a local real-estate developer, for $13.75 million.
It warmed the heart of Marcelle, too, and made her cheeks glow and her eyes sparkle—and added a rosier color to her lips.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
She was rosier than usual, and Jacinth, who knew her ways so well, could see that she was struggling to keep down her excitement.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthBut every day it grew easier to work, and Beauty grew stronger and rosier.
The Book of Fables and Folk Stories | Horace E. ScudderThe whole deathless pagan world of beauty and laughter is by him made rosier and more silvery.
George Cruikshank | W. H. ChessonThe possibilities of another's hereafter look so much rosier than the limitations of one's own present!
The Soul of the Far East | Percival Lowell
British Dictionary definitions for rosy
/ (ˈrəʊzɪ) /
of the colour rose or pink
having a healthy pink complexion: rosy cheeks
optimistic, esp excessively so: a rosy view of social improvements
full of health, happiness, or joy: rosy slumbers
resembling, consisting of, or abounding in roses
Derived forms of rosy
- rosily, adverb
- rosiness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse