: somewhat pink
especially
: tending to be pink in politics
pinkishness
noun
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Picture a proliferating mound that spreads or spills or drapes down and around and is covered with probably a thousand miniature pinkish-white daisies.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Supermoons often appear in different colors, with some displaying a pinkish hue—such as the Strawberry Moon—or shades of dark red, known as a Blood Moon.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Precisely for this reason, what is particularly important is the undertone of the brown lipstick, which can be pinkish or orange to create a continuum with the complexion, avoiding creating disharmonious contrasts.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Oh, and those pinkish-purple shirts the Europeans wore during that comeback?
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Supermoons often appear in different colors, with some displaying a pinkish hue—such as the Strawberry Moon—or shades of dark red, known as a Blood Moon.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Precisely for this reason, what is particularly important is the undertone of the brown lipstick, which can be pinkish or orange to create a continuum with the complexion, avoiding creating disharmonious contrasts.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Oh, and those pinkish-purple shirts the Europeans wore during that comeback?
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Pinkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinkish. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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