rosy

CEFRB2

/ˈɹəʊzi/

adjective

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At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.
Rose-coloured.

In context

I fancy a cup of rosy.
Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund
Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.

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If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN
Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.
2014, Lynn Viehl, Disenchanted & Co.
In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.
2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs

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From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.