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# rosy

«rosy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pink or pinkish-red, like a rose, especially of cheeks or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (rosy, rosier, rosiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pink or pinkish-red, like a rose, especially of cheeks or skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#m1)

2) Hopeful and likely to be good: «a rosy future». [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x1)
- The sky turned rosy at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x2)
- The future looks rosy for our team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x3)
- Things are not all rosy at the factory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x4)
- The baby has rosy little toes. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/#x6)
- The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rosy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.