| English Dictionary |
ROSY-COLORED
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does rosy-colored mean?
• ROSY-COLORED (adjective)
The adjective ROSY-COLORED has 1 sense:
1. having a rose color
Familiarity information: ROSY-COLORED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a rose color
Synonyms:
rose-colored; rosy-colored
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Context examples
We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space, fragilely bound into the house by French windows at either end.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch open toward the sunset where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Five minutes of health comfort the ill one" (Breton proverb)
"I see I forget. I hear I remember. I do I understand." (Chinese proverb)
"Those who had some shame are dead." (Egyptian proverb)