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rosying

rosying is the present participle and gerund of rosy.

Meaning of rosy

Verb

rosy (third-person singular simple present rosies, present participle rosying, simple past and past participle rosied)

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) 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

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Questions about rosying

What is rosying the present participle and gerund of?
Rosying is the present participle and gerund of rosy.

Words near rosying in the dictionary

  1. rosy-red minnow
  2. rosy-red minnows
  3. rosybells
  4. rosybill
  5. rosybills
  6. rosying
  7. Rosyth
  8. Roszkowski
  9. Roszkowskis
  10. rosé
  11. rosé sauce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rosying (page history and authors); rosy (page history and authors). 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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