rose-colored

[rohz-kuhl-erd] / ˈroʊzˌkʌl ərd /

ADJECTIVE

optimistic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rosy utopian

WEAK

Panglossian assured bright buoyant cheerful cheering confident encouraged expectant happy high hopeful hoping idealistic keeping the faith looking on the bright side looking through rose-colored glasses merry on cloud nine on top of world positive promising ray of sunshine roseate sanguine sunny trusting upbeat

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Everyone on Wall Street supposedly was wearing rose-colored glasses back in early 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

With a bearish call on Nvidia’s stock and a neutral view of Advanced Micro Devices’ stock, Seaport Research’s Jay Goldberg is by no means looking at the artificial-intelligence trade with rose-colored glasses.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

Grok portrays the Tesla CEO through stubbornly rose-colored lenses.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025

In a 1989 piece for South Atlantic Quarterly, literary theorist Fredric Jameson used the term “nostalgia mode” to reference the way boomers and Gen Xers then viewed the 1960s through rose-colored teashades.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Their invitation was supported by a monumental rose-colored roast pig, which the voters shipped directly to candidate del Valle’s home.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

rose-colored

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