rosy
adjective /ˈrəʊ.zi/
/ˈroʊ-/ Definition
C2 having a colour between pink and red: approving Your rosy cheeks always make you look so healthy.Less common coloursCommon colours C2 If a situation is described as rosy, it gives hope of success or happiness: Our financial position is rosy.PotentialHoping and hopefulness
(Definition of rosy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- an accident waiting to happen idiom
- auspicious adjective
- be an actor, cook, etc. in the making idiom
- budding adjective
- embryo noun
- fertile ground for sth idiom
- not be beyond the wit of man/sb idiom
- potential adjective
- potential noun
- potentiality noun
- potentially adverb
- promise noun (EXPECTED)
- prospect noun (POSSIBILITY)
- prospective adjective
- realizable adjective (CAN ACHIEVE)
- room for improvement idiom
- sleeper noun (SUDDEN ACTIVITY)
- untapped adjective
- viable adjective
- vista noun
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