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wearing rose-colored glasses

wearing rose-colored glasses is the present participle and gerund of wear rose-colored glasses.

Meaning of wear rose-colored glasses

Verb

wear rose-colored glasses (third-person singular simple present wears rose-colored glasses, present participle wearing rose-colored glasses, simple past wore rose-colored glasses, past participle worn rose-colored glasses)

  1. (idiomatic) To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative.

Questions about wearing rose-colored glasses

What is wearing rose-colored glasses the present participle and gerund of?
Wearing rose-colored glasses is the present participle and gerund of wear rose-colored glasses.

Words near wearing rose-colored glasses in the dictionary

  1. wearing on
  2. wearing on one's sleeve
  3. wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
  4. wearing out
  5. wearing out one's welcome
  6. wearing rose-colored glasses
  7. wearing sackcloth and ashes
  8. wearing something on one's sleeve
  9. wearing the breeches
  10. wearing the pants
  11. wearing the trousers

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