rosy
UK/ˈɹəʊzi/US/ˈɹoʊzi/
rosy adjective: rose-coloured. Also the alternative spelling of Rosie.
Adjective
rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)
- Rose-coloured.
- Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund
- Synonyms:
- rose-hued, rose-tinted, rosish, rubicund
- Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
- If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN
- Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.
- Optimistic.
Verb
rosy (third-person singular simple present rosies, present participle rosying, simple past and past participle rosied)
- To make pinkish in colour.
- Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.2014, Lynn Viehl, Disenchanted & Co.
- To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
- In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Rosy
Rosy
- A diminutive of the female given name Rose and other related names, variant of Rosie.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Rosy
Rosy
- A village in Gmina Stoczek Łukowski, Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Rosy
Rosy
- A former village in Sarny silrada, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, annexed to the village of Liubyni in September 1989.
Proper noun (4) capitalized: Rosy
Rosy
- An unincorporated community in Third River Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.
Also used as
rosy is also the alternative spelling of Rosie.
rosy meaning in Urdu, Odia and Persian
rosy in Urdu
- rose-coloured
- گُلابی gulābī
- resembling rose
- گُلابی gulābī
rosy in Odia
- ରୋଜି
rosy in Persian
- rose-coloured
- گلابی golâbi
- resembling rose
- گلابی golâbi
- optimistic
- امیدبخش omid-baxš
Examples of rosy in a sentence
- When rosy plumelets tuft the larch.
- But deathbots may also provide “sanitised, rosy” representations of a person, said Cholbi.
- The Strawberry Kiwitini is lightly rosy, beautifully crisp, and goes down incredibly easy.
Synonyms of rosy
Forms of rosy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | rosier |
| superlative | rosiest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rosies |
| present participle | rosying |
| past participle | rosied |
| past | rosied |
Origin of rosy
From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
A variant of Rosie, an ellipsis of Rosie Lee.
Rose + -y
Words formed from rosy
- Rosy Lee
- everything in the garden is rosy
- everything is rosy in the garden
- overrosy
- paint a rosy picture
- rosily
- rosiness
- rosy apple aphid
- rosy barb
- rosybells
- rosybill
- rosy boa
- rosy-cheeked
- rosy drop
- rosy-eyed
- rosy feather star
- rosy finch
- rosy garlic
- rosy-lipped batfish
- rosy marsh moth
- rosy minivet
- rosy pastor
- rosy periwinkle
- rosy-red
- rosy-red minnow
- rosy rustic
- rosy starling
- rosy tern
- rosy thrush-tanager
- rosy wave
Phrases with rosy
- rosy boas
- rosy barbs
- Rosy Cross
- rosy terns
- rosy waves
- rosy finches
- rosy pastors
- rosy rustics
- rosy minivets
- rosy starlings
- rosy marsh moths
- rosy periwinkles
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Words that rhyme with rosy
Questions about rosy
- What does rosy mean?
- Rosy means rose-coloured.
- What is rosy in Urdu?
- Rosy in Urdu is گُلابی (gulābī). See Rosy meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is rosy?
- Rosy can be an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rosy?
- Rosy is pronounced /ˈɹəʊzi/ (UK).
Words near rosy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rosy (page history and authors); Rosy (page history and authors); rosy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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