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rouge

rouge

16 5.3
Makeup in red or pink for the cheeks
  • noun
  • /ruːʒ/
translation icon : colorete
  • To achieve a fresh look, he recommended using a light pink rouge on your cheeks.
  • lipstick and rouge

I don't dislike, I despise, and that is the Rouge Pre or Couture lipsticks.

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Examples

  • She's wearing makeup that's been applied much too heavily: the rouge on her cheeks is too bright.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • His cheeks were flushed to the extent that they appeared almost touched with rouge.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • And put on plenty of rouge.

  • Next time you might want to ease up on the rouge.

  • And take that lip rouge.

  • I'll grant you the rouge is heavy; someone would say overdone, but I like it.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • No round spots of rouge on her cheeks, though.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I drove straight into town and bought rouge, lipstick, and eyeshadow at the dime store.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She applied some rouge to her cheeks before heading out for the evening.

  • The actress looked radiant after touching up her rouge during the photoshoot.

Synonyms

makeup
vsrouge
519 1.3

Products you put on your face to change how you look

is a specific cheek product rather than the whole face cosmetics category
paint
vsrouge
  • Informal
55 5.9

A red or pink powder put on cheeks to give them colour

is the same meaning but a different word form
blush
vsrouge
22 2.8

A pink or red makeup used on the cheeks to make them look healthy

is focused on adding color rather than suggesting health or rosiness
blusher
vsrouge
  • UK
2 3.1

Makeup for the cheeks that adds pink or red color

is mainly for coloring cheeks not for emphasizing cheekbones

Compounds

28 9.8

A communist group that ruled Cambodia and killed millions between 1975 and 1979

lip rouge
  • Archaic
1 5.5

A colored makeup you put on your lips

A bridge that crosses the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A card game with two rows where players bet on the color or row closer to a number

9.3

A bushy houseplant with pale pink flowers and clusters of bright red berries

How Red

rouge
16 5.3
blush
22 2.8

Surface Forms

rouge singular
rouges plural

Etymology

Rouge comes from the French word rouge, which means 'red', and it was the name for the red or pink powder people put on their cheeks, so the cosmetic kept the same name.