rosy-eyed

adjective

Optimistic; idealistic.

“A rosy-eyed optimist”

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Meanings

adjectiverosy-eyed (comparative more rosy-eyed, superlative most rosy-eyed)

comparative more rosy-eyed · superlative most rosy-eyed

  1. Optimistic; idealistic.

    A rosy-eyed optimist

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    Heubeck concludes: "It's not because of some rosy-eyed view of what railways used to be like, and we are only wanting to reopen it because there used to be one. It's because the railway would make a practical difference to the prospects of people not yet born and young people here today in this fantastic part of the country."

    2025 April 30, Andy Comfort, “£10 million closer to Carlisle”, in RAIL, number 1034, page 43
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APA

rosy-eyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosy-eyed

MLA

“rosy-eyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosy-eyed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rosy-eyed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosy-eyed.

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