Antonyms for rosy
ˈroʊ zirosy

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1. rose-colored, rosyadjective

   reflecting optimism

   "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses"

   Antonyms:
   neutral, unhealthy, achromatic, unfortunate, pessimistic, inauspicious

   Synonyms:
   rose-cheeked, flushed, rosy-cheeked, blushful, fortunate, rose-colored, rosy-colored

2. flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheekedadjective

   having the pinkish flush of health

   Antonyms:
   unfortunate, achromatic, pessimistic, unhealthy, inauspicious, neutral

   Synonyms:
   rose-cheeked, red, crimson, flushed, rosy-cheeked, fortunate, blushful, reddened, rose-colored, red-faced

3. blushful, rosyadjective

   of blush color

   "blushful mists"

   Antonyms:
   neutral, inauspicious, unhealthy, achromatic, unfortunate, pessimistic

   Synonyms:
   rose-cheeked, flushed, rosy-cheeked, fortunate, blushing(a), blushful, rose-colored, red-faced

4. fortunate, rosyadjective

   presaging good fortune

   "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, unhealthy, inauspicious, pessimistic, neutral, unfortunate

   Synonyms:
   rose-cheeked, flushed, rosy-cheeked, fortunate, golden, blushful, rose-colored

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1. rosyadjective

   Synonyms:
   rose-colored, roseate, ruddy, alluring

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. peaked

   peaked in sense of pale and rosy is opposite or pink.

   she was sick yesterday and looked peaked but today she is well with a rosy complexion.

   Submitted by acronimous on October 23, 2014  

How to use rosy in a sentence?

1. Bill Clinton:

   North American Free Trade Agreement's true that too often past trade deals have been sold to the American people with rosy scenarios that didn't pan out, the answer is not to rant and rave, or cut ourselves off from the world.

2. Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi":

   Melpomene was a substantial girl, thick of bosom, ankle, and forearm, rosy of cheek, and clear of eye. She seemed somehow incomplete without her hockey stick.

3. David Bennett:

   Earth's future may not be so rosy because it is much closer to the Sun, if humankind wanted to move to a moon of Jupiter or Saturn before the Sun fried the Earth during its red supergiant phase, we'd still remain in orbit around the Sun, although we would not be able to rely on heat from the Sun as a white dwarf for very long.

4. John Johnston:

   What we're realizing here, as investors, is that the fundamental backdrop is not as rosy as believed, and it certainly doesn't justify the valuations we had.

5. Alexander Krueger:

   Things are certainly not rosy. The geopolitical situation, especially the Russia conflict and the related economic uncertainty, is limiting growth.

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