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Rosy   /rˈoʊzi/   Listen
Rosy

adjective
(compar. rosier; superl. rosiest)
1.
Reflecting optimism.  Synonym: rose-colored.  "Looked at the world through rose-colored glasses"
2.
Having the pinkish flush of health.  Synonyms: flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked.
3.
Of blush color.  Synonym: blushful.
4.
Presaging good fortune.  Synonym: fortunate.  "Rosy predictions"



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"Rosy" Quotes from Famous Books



... rosy old lady, wrapped regally in furs, and with a maid picking her way cautiously beside her, was one of the first to take advantage of the sudden change in the weather. Mrs. Melrose had been held captive for almost two days, ...
— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris

... ashamed to argue about it. They agreed to let Mignon, the smallest of them, choose. She chose Ring-around-a-rosy, and they all played, and had a great deal ...
— Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 34, August 23, 1914 • Various

... house through the garden and delicately stamped her feet on the lobby tiles, partly to warm them and shake off a few bits of snow, and partly to announce clearly her arrival. Then, just as she was, hands in muff, she entered the parlour. She was tingling with keen, rosy life, and with the sense of youthful power. She had the deep, unconscious conviction of the superiority of youth to age. And there were the two older women, waiting for her, as it were on the defensive, and ...
— Hilda Lessways • Arnold Bennett

... market; I think it was called a "Farmers' and Butchers' Market," an offshoot of the old Market on Bridge (M) Street. I remember going there when I was a little girl with my mother, and her buying vegetables from a Dutch woman, Mrs. Hight. I have always remembered her rosy, smiling face, and her stall of gay, vari-colored vegetables. She had a farm out on the Rockville Pike, and I think of it sometimes when ...
— A Portrait of Old George Town • Grace Dunlop Ecker

... perplexity at what she regarded as Mrs. Hunter's recognition of her lover's face and forgetfulness of his name, she could not help noticing her excited talk to her sister, and the meaning glances finally directed toward her, Elizabeth. Whereat, to hide a little rosy flush, Miss Waldron turned more completely toward the place ...
— Double Trouble - Or, Every Hero His Own Villain • Herbert Quick


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