Definition of rose-colored
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:having a rose color
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:seeing or seen in a promising light :optimistic
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First Known Use of rose-colored
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rose-colored Synonyms
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auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, roseate, rose-colored, rosy, upbeatAntonyms
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitiousRelated Words
cheering, comforting, reassuring, soothing; assured, confident, decisive, doubtless, positive, sure, unhesitating; beamish, bullish, eupeptic; favorable, goodNear Antonyms
cheerless, comfortless; doubtful, dubious, uncertain; bearish, grim, negative, unfavorable; funereal, glum, gray (also grey), miserable, wretchedROSE-COLORED Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of rose-colored for English Language Learners
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: having a pink color
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: tending to think of things as being better than they really are
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