rose-coloured
Britishadjective
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of the colour rose; rosy
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See rose-tinted
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to view in an excessively optimistic light
Example Sentences
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“They see me as this starry-eyed, rose-coloured glasses kinda girl; the ‘Golden Hour’ girl.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021
“Annie in snow white garments, pale rose-coloured veil, and wreath of dewy half blown buds was as fair a Morning as ever dawned in Ferndale.”
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2020
In his studio, finished and unfinished pieces and materials hang from the ceiling and shelves that line the rose-coloured walls.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2018
Justin Salinger – topknot tied with a rose-coloured ribbon and an insufficiently exploited ability to produce flames from nothing – is the "real fairy" overseeing the proceedings.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2010
Some cousins of theirs, a beautiful white cockatoo and his lovely rose-coloured wife, were more prosperous in their arrangements.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
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