rose-coloured
Britishadjective
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of the colour rose; rosy
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See rose-tinted
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to view in an excessively optimistic light
Example Sentences
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“They see me as this starry-eyed, rose-coloured glasses kinda girl; the ‘Golden Hour’ girl.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021
“Annie in snow white garments, pale rose-coloured veil, and wreath of dewy half blown buds was as fair a Morning as ever dawned in Ferndale.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2020
I found smoked cod’s roe at the fishmonger’s this week: two rose-coloured lobes which I processed into a cream with olive oil, garlic, lemon and a slice of soaked bread.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2017
Justin Salinger – topknot tied with a rose-coloured ribbon and an insufficiently exploited ability to produce flames from nothing – is the "real fairy" overseeing the proceedings.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010
The voyage began under the most rose-coloured anticipations of brilliant success.
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