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painted a rosy picture

painted a rosy picture is the simple past and past participle of paint a rosy picture.

Meaning of paint a rosy picture

Verb

paint a rosy picture (third-person singular simple present paints a rosy picture, present participle painting a rosy picture, simple past and past participle painted a rosy picture)

  1. (idiomatic) To describe a situation or prospective set of events in an upbeat, optimistic manner.
    • Censored dispatches painted a rosy picture of Soviet plenty, but uncensored reports told a different story […] [with] Soviet bureaucracy malfunctioning as usual.1948 January 12, “Russia: Tombstones & Wolf Traps”, in Time, retrieved 23 Aug 2020

Questions about painted a rosy picture

What is painted a rosy picture the simple past and past participle of?
Painted a rosy picture is the simple past and past participle of paint a rosy picture.

Words near painted a rosy picture in the dictionary

  1. paintbox
  2. paintboxes
  3. paintbrush
  4. paintbrushes
  5. painted
  6. painted a rosy picture
  7. painted bamboo
  8. painted bat
  9. painted bats
  10. painted beauties
  11. painted beauty

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