rosiness
- noun
- /ˈroʊzɪnəs/
- After a brisk walk, he noticed a delightful rosiness in his cheeks, indicating his good health.
Examples
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Ooh, there's some very obvious like rosiness in this shimmer right here.
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The child's rosiness made her look healthy and cheerful on that chilly day.
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But the cheeks, the rosiness, the flush that they have.
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Well, there is a slight rosiness in the laryngeal region.
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Once it has a foothold, they can ratchet up the rosiness gradually.
Blog text (32) -
They say nothing takes the rosiness from the cheeks... as fast as personal fornication.
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She also urged JEH not to paint a picture of unwarranted rosiness.
Academic text (2009) -
I took a scorching hot bath to try to subside my cramps, but the rosiness just won't go away.
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I should have called someone, she thought, opening the door to Louisa's face, which was every bit as terrifying as JJ could have imagined it—the rosiness gone, the stare sharpened.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her cheeks glowed with a natural rosiness after spending time in the sun.
Synonyms
A pale pink color like many flower petals
A pink or red color in the cheeks from strong feelings such as embarrassment
A healthy, rosy color in the cheeks
The red color of a thing, like cheeks, flowers or the sunset
A light red color like the shade of roses
A red color on a person's face that shows they are healthy
A slight red color on something like skin or sky
Antonyms
How Rosy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rosiness comes from rosy, which comes from rose, the flower and the color 'pink' or 'red', and the ending -ness turns it into a word meaning 'being rosy'. So, rosiness is the pink glow in the cheeks that shows health or cheerfulness.