rosy  /ˈroʊ zi/ ? Meaning of "rosy"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) reflecting optimism
  2. (adj) having the pinkish flush of health
  3. (adj) of blush color
  4. (adj) presaging good fortune

Usage(s):

  1. Then, with the blazing cake before him, the Pope found himself the center of a dancing ring-around-a-rosy.
  2. But Lereah, who held the position through early 2007, did more than issue rosy forecasts.
  3. The rosy sentimentalist was also a fretful conservative; he backed Joe McCarthy's search for imaginary communists in the State Department.

Quotes

  1. "I think it's clear that we have a budgetary situation that bears little resemblance to the rosy projections offered by the administration ...... a vision that is now increasingly blurred," Gordon told NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.
    on Mar 15, 2007 By: Bart Gordon Source: Washington Post

  2. "We'll have to be a lot better against Belarus than we were against Kazakhstan, we have to get at them and I think we will," Heskey said. "It's looking rosy if we get three points on Wednesday, very good. Hopefully we can do it."
    on Oct 12, 2008 By: Emile Heskey Source: Blackpool Gazette

  3. "Too often administration officials came before this committee and the American people and painted a rosy scenario when it was not there," McCain said, referring to Iraq.
    on Jan 30, 2007 By: John McCain Source: Forbes

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