Crossword clues for rosiest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rosy \Ros"y\, a. [Compar. Rosier; superl. Rosiest.] Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
A smile that glowed
Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue.
--Milton.
While blooming youth and gay delight
Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed.
--Prior.
Note: Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of self?xplaining compounde; as, rosy-bosomed, rosy-colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-tinted.
Rosy cross. See the Note under Rosicrucian, n.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativerosy)
WordNet
adj. reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses" [syn: rose-colored]
having the pinkish flush of health [syn: flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked]
blush colored; "blushful mists" [syn: blushful]
presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: fortunate, hopeful]
See rosy
Usage examples of "rosiest".
Quite flushed with excitement were their ruddy faces, as they swung in the wind, whispering to one another what they had seen, for some peeped in at the dining room windows where the feast was spread, some climbed up to nod and smile at the sisters as they dressed the bride, others waved a welcome to those who came and went on various errands in garden, porch, and hall, and all, from the rosiest full-blown flower to the palest baby bud, offered their tribute of beauty and fragrance to the gentle mistress who had loved and tended them so long.
Smart maids, with the rosiest children I ever saw, handsome girls, looking half asleep, dandies in queer English hats and lavender kids lounging about, and tall soldiers, in short red jackets and muffin caps stuck on one side, looking so funny I longed to sketch them.