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# rosy

adjective (rosy, rosier, rosiest)

«rosy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pink or pinkish-red, like a rose, especially of cheeks or skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#m1)
2. Hopeful and likely to be good: «a rosy future». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#m2)
3. (in phrases) «Ring a Ring o' Roses» and «everything's rosy» mean things are fine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it describes healthy faces («rosy cheeks» from cold or exercise) or sunsets. In everyday talk and news it means hopeful: «the future looks rosy». «Look at the world through rose-tinted (rose-coloured) glasses» means seeing only the good. Phrases: «rosy cheeks», «a rosy picture», «not all rosy».

### Examples

- She came in from the snow with rosy cheeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x1)
- The sky turned rosy at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x2)
- The future looks rosy for our team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x3)
- Things are not all rosy at the factory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x4)
- The baby has rosy little toes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x5)
- He painted a rosy picture of the holiday, but it rained all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x6)
- The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: rosier, rosiest (y changes to i). «Everything's rosy» is informal and can be said with sarcasm. Myth: «Ring a Ring o' Roses» is often said to be about the plague, but historians find no evidence for that.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rosy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rosy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rosy.html) on Mova free.