rose-colored
Americanadjective
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of rose color; rosy.
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bright; promising; cheerful.
a rose-colored prospect of happiness.
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optimistic; sanguine.
a rose-colored belief that things will turn out well.
Etymology
Origin of rose-colored
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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My rose-colored glasses are off, and I see the world clearly without them.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
The pause on Paul’s season is the latest example of how ABC’s reality TV dating franchise centered on rose-colored love stories has become plagued by firestorms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
As the world entered the tumultuous ’30s—a decade of avid modernism, economic upheaval and creeping fascism—the autochrome aesthetic was suddenly too rose-colored, its saturated light too Edenic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Grok portrays the Tesla CEO through stubbornly rose-colored lenses.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
The three guests, drowned in the pounding beat of the phonograph, silently studied the rose-colored walls and the floral patterns on the linoleum.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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