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   rosy

   /ˈrəʊzi/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a person's skin) coloured like a pink or red rose, typically as an indication of health, youth, or embarrassment: "the memory had the power to make her cheeks turn rosy" Similar pinkpinkishrose pinkrose-colouredroseateredreddishrose redglowinghealthy-lookingfreshradiantbloomingblushingflushedruddyhigh-colouredrubicundfloridrare:erubescentrubescentOpposite palepallidsallow
   • 2. promising or suggesting good fortune or happiness; hopeful: "the strategy has produced results beyond the most rosy forecasts" Similar promisingfull of promiseoptimisticauspicioushopefulfull of hopeencouragingfavourablebrightsunnygoldencheerfulhappyinformal:upbeatOpposite bleakdismaldepressing
   • ▪ easy and pleasant: "life could never be rosy for them"

   Derivatives

   • 1. rosily adverb
   • 2. rosiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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