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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My rose-colored glasses are off, and I see the world clearly without them.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

As the world entered the tumultuous ’30s—a decade of avid modernism, economic upheaval and creeping fascism—the autochrome aesthetic was suddenly too rose-colored, its saturated light too Edenic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025

Instead, the documentary is a star-studded, rose-colored recollection of better days, a look back at an era that didn’t seem so fraught with deception and morbid artificiality.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

In her best, rose-colored dress — this combined a mandarin collar with a circle skirt — she also looked perceptibly pregnant.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

rose-colored

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