rouge 1 of 2

as in lipstick
old-fashioned a red powder or cream that is used to make your cheeks pinker She was wearing too much rouge.

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verb

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Recent Examples of rouge
Noun
In ancient Egypt, both men and women were known to rouge their cheeks with a mixture of brownish-red pigment. Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Because Chandler was hit with rouging the passer on the play, Hamilton had an untimed down to try to win it from the 2. Richard Obert, azcentral, 30 Dec. 2019
Verb
The reserve of a select group of noblemen, les talons rouges, signaled a sumptuary code, an inner circle, which explains why so many of the king’s courtiers were posed awkwardly in portraits for the purpose of displaying their trophy steppers. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025 There is something oddly delightful about a movie that leans into some basic and cheesy ’80s-action-movie machinations — good guys, bad guys, innocent corporate hostages, a rouge hero — and so on. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rouge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouge
Noun
  • In another performance, children wore long floral dresses and red lipstick, their hair in buns.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Nurse continued to tap into her fashion roots by dressing in bold colors, parading red lipstick and nail polish.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Riding the rails gives you time to slow down and look at the canopy’s changing hues, from chartreuse to crimson.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Rhubarb is primarily depicted in various shades of red, but depending on the variety, its color can range from pale green to crimson.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • There’s a mascara that plumps and a mascara that tubes.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • To help break down how to apply mascara correctly, Gray shares her best methods and tricks.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As for her glam, Gomez opted for a sleek down hairstyle, with her hair tucked behind ears to show off her drop earrings, plus a smokey eye, blushed cheeks and a peachy nude lip.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The kid wore birthday glasses and shook his head at each shot, blushing.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the headphones, meant to unify the audience in a shared soundscape, instead isolate viewers into their glowing silos, which feels like an ironic choice for a show supposedly about communal grief.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As the glowing waning gibbous moon rose over center field, the Red Sox went quietly into the night one last time in the bottom of the ninth.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Visible light has been shown to trigger erythema, or skin reddening, in lighter skin.
    Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Rouge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouge. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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