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rose-tinting

rose-tinting is the present participle and gerund of rose-tint.

Meaning of rose-tint

Verb (1)

rose-tint (third-person singular simple present rose-tints, present participle rose-tinting, simple past and past participle rose-tinted)

(idiomatic) To look through rose-tinted glasses at; to view or describe as better than it actually is or was.
- James thought in silence for a bit. He considering making something up, or rose-tinting the truth.2016, Ellie Rose McKee, Wake: Poetry and Short Stories, →ISBN, page 16

Verb (2)

rose-tint (third-person singular simple present rose-tints, present participle rose-tinting, simple past and past participle rose-tinted)

To tint with the color rose; to suffuse with a rosy hue.
- But not for the sun-burst on high, And not for the rose-tinting ray, But for something far holier, I Will bless the sweet coming of May.1838, Frances Sargent Osgood, A wreath of wild flowers from New England, page 250

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What is rose-tinting the present participle and gerund of?: Rose-tinting is the present participle and gerund of rose-tint.

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