From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrosyros‧y /ˈrəʊzi $ ˈroʊ-/ adjective (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest) 1 HOPEseeming to offer hope of success or happiness a company that sees a rosy future for itself Letters to relatives in Europe painted a rosy picture of life in the United States.2 CCpink the kids' rosy cheeks
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rosy• There will be dot.com casualties and job layoffs, and tech stocks will look less rosy.• Thanks to Douglas, her future was rosy.• Things were looking less rosy all of a sudden.• She looked like a virgin who cleaned her teeth after every meal and delighted to take great bites from rosy apples.• rosy cheeks• a rosy financial report• In fact, from then on the rest of the evening seemed to be bathed in a glorious, rosy light.• The rosy outlook for equity prices over the near-term meshes with my bullish forecast for 30-year Treasury bonds.• And that figure paints a misleadingly rosy picture.• Private economists counter that the rosy statistics hide serious problems.• The smells were wrong, and the thin rosy sunlight, and how the men seemed wrapped inside them-selves.rosy cheeks• Billy Brown had rosy cheeks, blue eyes and smiled all the time.• Carefully paint eyes, a nose, a mouth and rosy cheeks on to the pixie's face.• Her own rosy cheeks were so countrified. 