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 →

2) Hopeful and likely to be good: «a rosy future». tree →

3) (in phrases) «Ring a Ring o' Roses» and «everything's rosy» mean things are fine. tree →

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 →
• The sky turned rosy at dawn. tree →
• The future looks rosy for our team. tree →
• Things are not all rosy at the factory. tree →
• The baby has rosy little toes. tree →
• He painted a rosy picture of the holiday, but it rained all week. tree →
• The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.