rose-colored
rose-colored is the alternative spelling of rose-coloured.
Meaning of rose-coloured
Adjective
rose-coloured (comparative more rose-coloured, superlative most rose-coloured)
- Having a pink colour suggestive of that of a pink rose.
- That had never happened yet; and now her imagination, instead of retracing the past, was busy fashioning what would happen to-morrow—whereabout in the Chase she should see him coming towards her, how she should put her new rose-coloured ribbon on, which he had never seen, and what he would say to...1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Hetty’s World”, in Adam Bede […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 185
- Synonyms:
- rosy
- Cheerfully optimistic.
Forms of rose-colored
| comparative | more rose-colored |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rose-colored |
Origin of rose-colored
From rose + colored.
Phrases with rose-colored
- rose-colored lenses
- rose-colored pastor
- rose-colored glasses
- rose-colored pastors
- rose-colored starling
- rose-colored starlings
- rose-colored spectacles
- wear rose-colored glasses
- wore rose-colored glasses
- worn rose-colored glasses
- wears rose-colored glasses
- wearing rose-colored glasses
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Questions about rose-colored
- What is rose-colored the alternative spelling of?
- Rose-colored is the alternative spelling of rose-coloured.
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