rose-tint
- noun
- /roʊz tɪnt/
:
tinte rosado
- Her rose-tint made her believe that everything was perfect during their relationship, despite the issues.
Examples
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When discussing his teenage years, he always speaks with a rose-tint, ignoring all the challenges he encountered.
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Thank you, I said, listen, people look back on their student days through rose tinted glasses and it was grim and it it was grim being a student, weren't it?
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Many people remember their childhood with a rose-tint, forgetting the struggles they faced.
Synonyms
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5.1
A way of seeing things as better than they are and ignoring problems
A too positive view of the past that leaves out bad things
A view that is too positive and ignores problems
An optimistic view of the future that is often unrealistic
Seeing things in a very positive way that ignores problems
An idea that things will always turn out well, even when there are problems
An overly optimistic view that ignores problems
Antonyms
How Positive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rose-tint comes from the idea of looking through a soft rose ('pink') tint ('color'), like wearing 'rose-coloured glasses' that make things look nicer than they were. So rose-tint means an overly positive view of past events that can ignore the hard facts.