Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the color rose.
- adjective Cheerful or optimistic, especially to an excessive degree.
- idiom (through rose-colored glasses) With an unduly cheerful, optimistic, or favorable view of things.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the color of a rose; rosy: as, the rose-colored pastors, the starlings of the genus Pastor. See cut under
Pastor . - Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing: as, rose-colored views of the future.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
- adjective Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US Alternative spelling of
rose-coloured .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a rose color
- adjective reflecting optimism
Etymologies
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Examples
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With rose-colored glasses shall we deny the realities of the unregulated global economy, and the availability of cheap labor overseas?
Cynthia Dill: The Road That Will Make All the Difference in the Maine Woods Cynthia Dill 2011
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With rose-colored glasses shall we deny the realities of the unregulated global economy, and the availability of cheap labor overseas?
Cynthia Dill: The Road That Will Make All the Difference in the Maine Woods Cynthia Dill 2011
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Though maybe that's me seeing through rose-colored glasses again.
Festival Seeks Happy Endings Marshall Heyman 2011
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These are, admittedly, highly rose-colored numbers for a short term solution.
Stephen Herrington: Retiring the National Debt by Not Destroying the Economy Stephen Herrington 2011
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These are, admittedly, highly rose-colored numbers for a short term solution.
Stephen Herrington: Retiring the National Debt by Not Destroying the Economy Stephen Herrington 2011
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In other words, after several quarters of too much pessimism, Wall Street may have become too rose-colored heading into this quarter's reporting season.
Wall Street May Be Wearing Rose-Colored Glasses—Again Dave Kansas 2011
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It's a magical dress of rose-colored silk that transports Louise on her first time-traveling trip.
Mary Kincaid: Interview with Bianca Turetsky, The Time-Traveling Fashionista Mary Kincaid 2011
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It's a magical dress of rose-colored silk that transports Louise on her first time-traveling trip.
Mary Kincaid: Interview with Bianca Turetsky, The Time-Traveling Fashionista Mary Kincaid 2011
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It's a magical dress of rose-colored silk that transports Louise on her first time-traveling trip.
Mary Kincaid: Interview with Bianca Turetsky, The Time-Traveling Fashionista Mary Kincaid 2011
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These are, admittedly, highly rose-colored numbers for a short term solution.
Stephen Herrington: Retiring the National Debt by Not Destroying the Economy Stephen Herrington 2011
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