Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wear rose-colored glasses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
wear rose--col-ored -glass-es
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative.

Inflected Forms

wears rose-colored glasses (present, singular) wearing rose-colored glasses (participle, present) wore rose-colored glasses (past) worn rose-colored glasses (participle, past) look through rose-colored glasses (alternative) look through rose-tinted glasses (alternative) see through rose-colored glasses (alternative) view through rose-colored glasses (alternative)

Questions

What does wear rose-colored glasses mean?
To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative.

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