rouged

Wearing cheek color

Rouged means having rouge applied—the red cosmetic used on cheeks or lips.

The word typically describes faces, cheeks, or lips colored with this makeup: her heavily rouged cheeks, rouged lips pressed into a thin smile.

It often carries connotations of artificiality or excess, suggesting makeup that's noticeable rather than subtle.

cosmetics

lipstick

Cosmetic for coloring lips

mascara · cheeks · makeup · beauty · concealer · eyeliner · primer · highlighter · bronzer · eyeshadow

flushed

cheeks

Facial side surfaces

scarlet · glow · warmth · blushing · ruddy · flushed · coloring · tinged · tinted · suffused

theatrical

stage

Raised performance platform

performer · cabaret · burlesque · vaudeville · chorus · dressing room · greasepaint · spotlight · showgirl · geisha

Opposites
cosmetic application

rougedunpainted

Lacking applied color

unadorned · natural · scrubbed · fresh-faced · plain

facial color source

rougedpale

Lacking color intensity

wan · pallid · colorless · ashen · sallow

Phrases
Family

rouge, rouges, rouging

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G