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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Leibnizian, auspicious, balmy, beaming, blithe, blithesome, blooming, blossoming, blowzed, blowzy, blushing, booming, bright, bright and sunny, burnt, cerise, cheerful, cheery, cherry, chiliastic, clear, coral, couleur de rose, elated, encouraging, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, exuberant, fair, fat, favorable, florid, flourishing, flowering, flush, flushed, fresh, fresh as April, fruiting, full-blooded, genial, glad, gladsome, glowing, going strong, green, halcyon, happy, hectic, high, hopeful, in full swing, in good case, in good spirits, in high spirits, incarnadine, irrepressible, laughing, likely, millenarian, millennialistic, of good cheer, optimistic, palmy, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, pink, pinkish, pinky, piping, pleasant, primrose, promising, prospering, radiant, red, red-complexioned, red-faced, red-fleshed, reddish, riant, rose, rose-colored, rose-hued, rose-red, roseate, rosy-cheeked, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, ruddy-complexioned, ruddy-faced, salmon, sanguine, sanguineous, sleek, smiling, sparkling, sunburned, sunny, thriving, upbeat, utopian, vigorous, winsome, youthful

Dictionary Results for rosy:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

rosy
    adj 1: reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the
           world through rose-colored glasses" [syn: rose-colored,
           rosy]
    2: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: flushed, rose-
       cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked]
    3: of blush color; "blushful mists" [syn: blushful, rosy]
    4: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go
       to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: fortunate,
       rosy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rosy \Ros"y\, a. [Compar. Rosier; superl. Rosiest.]
   Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming;
   red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
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         A smile that glowed
         Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue.   --Milton.
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         While blooming youth and gay delight
         Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed.           --Prior.
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   Note: Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of
         self?xplaining compounde; as, rosy-bosomed,
         rosy-colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-tinted.
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   Rosy cross. See the Note under Rosicrucian, n.
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