Rosy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rosy \Ros"y\, a. [Compar. {Rosier}; superl. {Rosiest}.]
     Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming;
     red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
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           A smile that glowed


           Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue.   --Milton.
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           While blooming youth and gay delight
           Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed.           --Prior.
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     Note: Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of
           self?xplaining compounde; as, rosy-bosomed,
           rosy-colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-tinted.
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     {Rosy cross}. See the Note under {Rosicrucian}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rosy
       adj 1: reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world
              through rose-colored glasses" [syn: {rose-colored}]
       2: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: {flushed}, {rose-cheeked},
           {rosy-cheeked}]
       3: blush colored; "blushful mists" [syn: {blushful}]
       4: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go
          to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: {fortunate},
          {hopeful}]
       [also: {rosiest}, {rosier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "rosy":
     Leibnizian, auspicious, balmy, beaming, blithe, blithesome,
     blooming, blossoming, blowzed, blowzy, blushing, booming, bright,
     bright and sunny, burnt, cerise, cheerful, cheery, cherry,
     chiliastic, clear, coral, couleur de rose, elated, encouraging,
     eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, exuberant, fair, fat,
     favorable, florid, flourishing, flowering, flush, flushed, fresh,
     fresh as April, fruiting, full-blooded, genial, glad, gladsome,
     glowing, going strong, green, halcyon, happy, hectic, high,
     hopeful, in full swing, in good case, in good spirits,
     in high spirits, incarnadine, irrepressible, laughing, likely,
     millenarian, millennialistic, of good cheer, optimistic, palmy,
     perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, pink, pinkish, pinky, piping,
     pleasant, primrose, promising, prospering, radiant, red,
     red-complexioned, red-faced, red-fleshed, reddish, riant, rose,
     rose-colored, rose-hued, rose-red, roseate, rosy-cheeked, rubicund,
     ruby, ruddy, ruddy-complexioned, ruddy-faced, salmon, sanguine,
     sanguineous, sleek, smiling, sparkling, sunburned, sunny, thriving,
     upbeat, utopian, vigorous, winsome, youthful