adj
Meaning 1
Rose-coloured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rose-hued, rose-tinted, rosish, rubicund
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pink
Standard Lemma guide
rosy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzi/
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General-American: /ˈɹoʊzi/
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Australian: /ˈɹəʉzi/
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rhymes with -əʊzi
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adj
Meaning 2
Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Optimistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A diminutive of the female given name Rose and other related names, variant of Rosie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A village in Gmina Stoczek Łukowski, Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 7
A former village in Sarny silrada, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, annexed to the village of Liubyni in September 1989.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 8
An unincorporated community in Third River Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 9
Alternative spelling of Rosie (“tea”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable
Examples
- I fancy a cup of rosy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To make pinkish in colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
presaging good fortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school
- rosy predictions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fortunate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
of blush color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- blushful mists
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blushful
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
having the pinkish flush of health
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
reflecting optimism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rose-colored
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
Rose + -y
From Polish Rosy.
From Ukrainian Ро́си (Rósy).
A variant of Rosie, an ellipsis of Rosie Lee.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: վարդագույն (vardaguyn) — rose-coloured
- Bulgarian: розов (rozov) — rose-coloured
- Chinese Mandarin: 薔薇色的 /蔷薇色的 (qiángwēisè de) — rose-coloured
- French: rosé — rose-coloured
- German: rosig — rose-coloured
- Greek: τριανταφυλλής (triantafyllís) — rose-coloured
- Greek: ρόδινος (ródinos) — rose-coloured
- Ancient Greek: ῥοδίνος (rhodínos) — rose-coloured
- Italian: roseo — rose-coloured
- Japanese: 薔薇色の (barairo no) — rose-coloured
- Latin: roseus — rose-coloured
- Persian: گلابی (golâbi) — rose-coloured
- Russian: ро́зовый (rózovyj) — rose-coloured
- Swedish: rosig — rose-coloured
- Swedish: rosenröd — rose-coloured
- Ukrainian: роже́вий (rožévyj) — rose-coloured
- Urdu: گُلابی (gulābī) — rose-coloured
- Volapük: rosadakölik — rose-coloured
- Volapük: rosadaredik — rose-coloured
- Persian: گلابی (golâbi) — resembling rose
- Urdu: گُلابی (gulābī) — resembling rose
- Bulgarian: радостен (radosten) — optimistic
- Bulgarian: оптимистичен (optimističen) — optimistic
- German: rosig — optimistic
- Greek: ρόδινος (ródinos) — optimistic
- Hungarian: rózsás — optimistic
- Persian: امیدبخش (omid-baxš) — optimistic
- Russian: ра́дужный (rádužnyj) — optimistic
- Russian: ро́зовый (rózovyj) — optimistic
- Spanish: halagüeño — optimistic
- Swedish: rosenröd — optimistic
- Swedish: rosenskimrande — optimistic
- Polish: Rózia — diminutive female given name
- Polish: Różyczka — diminutive female given name
- Polish: Rosy — village in Stoczek Łukowski, Łuków, Lublin, Poland
- Ukrainian: Роси — village in Stoczek Łukowski, Łuków, Lublin, Poland
- Polish: Rosy — former village in Sarny, Yavoriv, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
- Russian: Ро́сы (Rósy) — former village in Sarny, Yavoriv, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
- Ukrainian: Ро́си (Rósy) — former village in Sarny, Yavoriv, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR
- Polish: Rosy — unincorporated community in Third River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA