as in lipstick
old-fashioned
a red powder or cream that is used to make your cheeks pinker
She was wearing too much rouge.
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Recent Examples of rouge
India Espy-Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
Chanel rouge coco lipstick Chanel’s rouge coco lipstick is made with jojoba and mimosa butters, sunflower wax and silicone, according to their website.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
Maggie Jones, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2019
Sharing the catwalk with fellow gender-benders Jazelle and Munroe Bergdorf, Desmond wore his slicked gray hair and rouged cheeks with natural swagger.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2018
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Noun
Sheryl Lee Ralph’s sculpted rouge gave her cheekbones a lift, while Kerry Washington’s circular pink blush exaggerated her grin.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
Chanel rouge coco lipstick Chanel’s rouge coco lipstick is made with jojoba and mimosa butters, sunflower wax and silicone, according to their website.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
That morning, Suzanne had spritzed some of her mother’s favorite perfume on her, put red lipstick on her lips and used some to rouge her cheeks.
—Maggie Jones, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2019
Sharing the catwalk with fellow gender-benders Jazelle and Munroe Bergdorf, Desmond wore his slicked gray hair and rouged cheeks with natural swagger.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouge
Noun
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To pair with it, fronts peaked through a deep, matte red lipstick while oversized eyeliner and pale orange shadow was smudged against her hazel eyes.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
4 Apr. 2025
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The lipstick effect, the idea that consumers splurge on small luxuries like lipstick in economic downturns, has long been a reliable trend in the beauty industry.—
Wayne Liu,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The paddle took me along this tranquil, ambling waterway, littered with sea hibiscus flowers in various stages of their daily transition from pale yellow to crimson.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
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Rhubarb is primarily depicted in various shades of red, but depending on the variety, its color can range from pale green to crimson.—
Aaron Hutcherson,
Washington Post,
1 Apr. 2024
Noun
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And the mascara alone delivers pretty good lengthening.—
Michelle Rostamian,
Allure,
8 Apr. 2025
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Available gift amounts: $50 – $500 There’s no brand that does mascara as well as Ilia Beauty.—
StyleCaster,
StyleCaster,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But Snow White took place in a deep, rich, painterly world, and Snow White herself was a charming, beautiful human figure who could blush and laugh and cry in ways that made the audience blush and laugh and cry right back at her.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
21 Mar. 2025
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The bookstore, located at 3040 Blake St., is one example of a flourishing romance community in Colorado where authors, readers and entrepreneurs are making public the once-private hobby of giggling and blushing over fictional people’s love stories.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
The Denver Post,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Over 12,000 glowing Amazon ratings back up the hype.—
Becca Blond,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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The episode follows Maria (Siena Kelly), a food researcher whose latest project receives a glowing review from a focus group subject named Verity (Rosy McEwen), one of Maria's ex-classmates who was relentlessly bullied in school.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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What if, for example, a thick layer of horizon haze significantly attenuates the sun's light, dimming and reddening it to such a degree that you're tempted to look directly at it?—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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This happens as a result of the same optical physics that causes rosy sunrises and sunsets: Earth’s atmosphere scatters blue light but transmits red light, and this reddening increases as more air intervenes, like when the sun is low on the horizon.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Rouge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouge. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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