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paints a rosy picture

paints a rosy picture is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 paints a rosy picture

What is paints a rosy picture the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Paints a rosy picture is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paint a rosy picture.

Words near paints a rosy picture in the dictionary

  1. paintresses
  2. paintrices
  3. paintrix
  4. paintroot
  5. paints
  6. paints a rosy picture
  7. paints by numbers
  8. paints down
  9. paints oneself into a corner
  10. paints out
  11. paints over

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