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rose-tints

rose-tints is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  1. (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)

  1. 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

Questions about rose-tints

What is rose-tints the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rose-tints is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rose-tint.

Words near rose-tints in the dictionary

  1. rose-tint
  2. rose-tinted
  3. rose-tinted glasses
  4. rose-tinted spectacles
  5. rose-tinting
  6. rose-tints
  7. rose-water
  8. rose-watered
  9. rose-watering
  10. rose-waters
  11. roseaceous

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