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ROSY
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Irregular inflected forms: rosier , rosiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Presaging good fortune
Example:
rosy predictions
Synonyms:
fortunate; rosy
Classified under:
Similar:
auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of blush color
Example:
blushful mists
Synonyms:
blushful; rosy
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
rose; rosiness (a dusty pink color)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having the pinkish flush of health
Synonyms:
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy; rosy-cheeked
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)
Derivation:
rosiness (a healthy reddish complexion)
rosiness (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Reflecting optimism
Example:
looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
Synonyms:
rose-colored; rosy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
optimistic (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds)
Context examples:
Take advantage of this rosy trend by pushing yourself to leave the house to mix with others more often.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
But it was so turned as to show them nothing but the rosy glow playing on the roof, the fire sparkling in a hundred repetitions along the glazed front of the presses, and their own pale and fearful countenances stooping to look in.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Is Beth the rosy one, who stays at home good deal and sometimes goes out with a little basket?" asked Laurie with interest.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The sun was now right down upon the mountain top, and the red gleams fell upon my face, so that it was bathed in rosy light.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He awoke next morning from rosy scenes of dream to a steamy atmosphere that smelled of soapsuds and dirty clothes, and that was vibrant with the jar and jangle of tormented life.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This little sunny-faced girl with the dimpled cheek and rosy lips; the satin-smooth hazel hair, and the radiant hazel eyes?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Oh, what ugly wrinkles in my bad boy's forehead! said Dora, and still being on my knee, she traced them with her pencil; putting it to her rosy lips to make it mark blacker, and working at my forehead with a quaint little mockery of being industrious, that quite delighted me in spite of myself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Early in the morning before the children were awake, she was already up, and when she saw both of them sleeping and looking so pretty, with their plump and rosy cheeks she muttered to herself: That will be a dainty mouthful!
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
This is a very rosy time for you, especially so at the beginning of the month when Venus will align with Uranus, setting off sparkling aspects for love over the weekend of March 7-8 or after the March 9 full moon for four days, until March 13.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Day was already breaking in the east, and the summits of the great peaks had turned rosy red, while the valleys still lay in the shadow, when they found themselves with the cliffs on either hand and the long, rugged pass stretching away before them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
