rose-coloured spectacles
Naive outlook metaphor
Rose-coloured spectacles (also rose-colored glasses) represent an optimistic or naively cheerful outlook that ignores unpleasant realities.
Someone who views the world through rose-coloured spectacles sees things as better than they are.
The metaphor suggests a tinted lens that literally colors everything rosy: She looks at her childhood through rose-coloured spectacles, forgetting how difficult it was.
Cheerful expectation of success
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- cheerfulPleasantly bright in mood
bright side · silver lining · buoyant · upbeat · sunny disposition · looking up · glass half full · wishful
Excessive tender emotion
- romanticizingPortraying as more appealing
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- good old daysIdealized past era
- wistfulSadly longing for something
memory · reminiscence · longing · yesteryear · bygone · fondly remembered · halcyon · retrospection
Belief shaped by desire
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- self-deceptionConvincing yourself of falsehoods
- denialRefusal to accept reality
blind spot · misconception · unrealistic · pipe dream · fool's paradise · head in clouds · castle in air · make-believe
Freedom from wrongdoing
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
wide-eyed · credulous · simple · unworldly · ingenuous · impressionable · childlike · unquestioning
rosy outlook
Cheerful expectation of success
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
cheerful · bright side · silver lining · buoyant · upbeat · sunny disposition · looking up · glass half full · wishful · starry-eyed
sentimentality
Excessive tender emotion
- romanticizingPortraying as more appealing
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- good old daysIdealized past era
wistful · memory · reminiscence · longing · yesteryear · bygone · fondly remembered · halcyon · retrospection · sepia-toned
wishful thinking
Belief shaped by desire
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- self-deceptionConvincing yourself of falsehoods
denial · blind spot · misconception · unrealistic · pipe dream · fool's paradise · head in clouds · castle in air · make-believe · pretense
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- trustingInclined to believe others
unsuspecting · wide-eyed · credulous · simple · unworldly · ingenuous · impressionable · childlike · unquestioning · blind faith
rose-coloured spectaclesjaundiced eye
doom and gloom · glass half empty · pessimism · cynicism · dark glasses
rose-coloured spectaclesrealism
Accepting things as they are
no illusions · clear-sightedness · eyes wide open · unvarnished truth · warts and all
rose-coloured spectaclescynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
world-weariness · skepticism · jadedness · disenchantment · suspicion
coloured, spectacles, rosier, rosiest, rosiness, colour, colours, colouring, colourful