rose-colored

A form of rose-coloured — Having a pink colour suggestive of that of a pink rose.

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Meanings

adjectiverose-colored (comparative more rose-colored, superlative most rose-colored)

comparative more rose-colored · superlative most rose-colored

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of rose-coloured.

    Instead, she has to carve new territory: a nontransgressive, rose-colored female pop megastar, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades.

    2012 October 24, Jon Caramanica, “No More Kid Stuff for Taylor Swift”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2020

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivereflecting optimism

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rosyoptimistic

adjectivehaving a rose color

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rosy-coloredcoloredcolouredcolorful
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optimisticrosy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From rose + colored.

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Cite this entry
APA

rose-colored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose-colored

MLA

“rose-colored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose-colored. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rose-colored,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose-colored.

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