rose-cheeked

Thân thiện

A healthy toddler has rose-cheeked skin after playing outside.

Definition

Adjective: * Having a pinkish or reddish flush on the cheeks, typically indicating good health, youth, or vitality. It describes a complexion that is naturally and attractively flushed.

Usage

The adjective "rose-cheeked" is used attributively (before a noun) to describe a person, especially a child or young person, whose cheeks have a healthy, rosy color. It often carries connotations of innocence, outdoor activity, or robust well-being.

Examples

• The rose-cheeked children ran laughing through the autumn leaves.
• She returned from her walk in the cold air looking fresh and rose-cheeked.
• The portrait depicted a rose-cheeked young woman with a bright smile.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically or poetically to evoke an idealized image of health and simplicity.
  • He remembered his grandmother's stories of rose-cheeked farmhands and simple country life.

Variants and Related Words

• Rosy-cheeked: A more common variant with identical meaning.
• Rosy (adj.): Having a pink or reddish color; often used more generally than just for cheeks (e.g., rosy dawn, rosy outlook).
• Ruddy (adj.): Having a healthy reddish color, often used for the face but can imply a coarser or more weathered complexion than "rose-cheeked."
• Florid (adj.): Having a red or flushed complexion, sometimes suggesting redness from heat or emotion.

Synonyms

• Rosy-cheeked
• Flushed (with health)
• Blooming
• Glowing

Antonyms

• Pale
• Wan
• Pallid
• Ashen

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having the pinkish flush of health

Từ đồng nghĩa

• flushed
• rosy
• rosy-cheeked