ROSY (rosier, rosiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: rosier    , rosiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rosy mean? 

• ROSY (adjective)
  The adjective ROSY has 4 senses:

1. reflecting optimism

2. having the pinkish flush of health

3. of blush color

4. presaging good fortune

  Familiarity information: ROSY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSY (adjective)

Comparative: rosier   
Superlative: rosiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reflecting optimism

Synonyms:

rose-colored; rosy

Context example:

looked at the world through rose-colored glasses

Similar:

optimistic (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the pinkish flush of health

Synonyms:

flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy; rosy-cheeked

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 3

Meaning:

Of blush color

Synonyms:

blushful; rosy

Context example:

blushful mists

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

rose; rosiness (a dusty pink color)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Presaging good fortune

Synonyms:

fortunate; rosy

Context example:

rosy predictions

Similar:

auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)

 Context examples 

The rosy light was all about them, flooding over them, as she sang, "Good-by, Sweet Day."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And Mrs. March smoothed the soft cheek, which suddenly grew rosy as Meg answered slowly... Yes.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A red streak shot up, and a rosy light seemed to diffuse itself through the room.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Surrounded by the rosy light, and standing high upon the deck, apart together, she clinging to him, and he holding her, they solemnly passed away.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

On which, leaning forward, he caught his comrade a rousing smack across his rosy cheek.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was of a tall and slender girl, with the rosiest cheeks and the tenderest eyes—so daintily dressed, too, that I had never seen anything more perfect.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The dog-musher wore a moustache, but the other, a taller and younger man, was smooth- shaven, his skin rosy from the pounding of his blood and the running in the frosty air.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

So she went by herself into her chamber, and got ready a poisoned apple: the outside looked very rosy and tempting, but whoever tasted it was sure to die.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

When he smiles, two little dimples appear on each cheek, which are rosy with health.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A group of more interest appeared near the hearth, sitting still amidst the rosy peace and warmth suffusing it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)