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noun ruːʒruʒ 1mass noun A red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips. she wore patches of rouge on her cheeks Example sentencesExamples - There was a vanity on the far wall that was covered with powders and shades of rouge, brushes, hairpins, and jewelry of all kinds.
- I must have blushed, because he told me that my face matched my dress and to go easy on the rouge.
- Lydia also managed to dot a little bit of rouge on her cheeks and smudge the smallest amount of make-up onto her eyelids despite Sarah's protests.
- She wore just enough rouge to accent her high cheekbones and enough eyeliner to bring out her beautiful light brown eyes.
- Her hair was in a simple knot at the nape of her neck, and rouge danced on her cheeks.
- She lifted Olivia's chin and dusted her cheeks with rouge.
- What a cliché, thought Sibyl, brushing rouge upon her cheeks very lightly.
- Her skin had been scrubbed until it was soft, and then brushed over with powder and rouge so that they looked rosy and merry.
- I covered my cheeks with rouge heavily that night.
- Other women would have their faces powdered and rouge rubbed into their cheeks, but Evy was only planning on putting a little bit of lipstick on.
- The former dramatic soprano dresses for the camera, cheeks feverish with rouge, a multipointed jester's hat and veil on her head, bejeweled hands, ratty fur stole.
- Her eyes had been accented with some of her mother's charcoal, and her cheeks given color with some rouge.
- Her face was round and her cheeks darkened with rouge, her hazel eyes were narrow in her irritation, her mouth - also reddened - pursed likewise.
- My makeup routine was complete once I dusted my cheeks with rouge and applied colored lip-gloss.
- My face had been blanketed in pale powder and my cheeks brushed vigorously with pinky red rouge.
- She wore her hair in a high bun and even applied a little kohl around her eyes and some red rouge on her cheeks and lips.
- For one thing she was wearing rouge on her cheeks and kohl about her eyes.
- On her head they placed a diamond-studded crown, and then added a touch of rouge to each cheek.
- Instead she turned her attention to applying a tasteful amount of rouge to her cheeks with a small red puff from one of the many decorative tin boxes that lined the table.
- She added rouge to her naturally olive-toned cheeks and left her room, apprehensively returning to the dance hall.
2 short for jeweller's rouge
verb ruːʒruʒ [with object]often as adjective rouged1Colour with rouge. her brightly rouged cheeks Example sentencesExamples - A squat, rouged woman with rotten front teeth opened the door.
- The woman who would be ‘evaluating’ me was a middle-aged, plump woman with rouged cheeks, and heavily outlined dark eyes, and a head of brown curls.
- They flirted with us shamelessly yet innocently and when we left insisted we kissed their heavily rouged and powdered cheeks.
- And finally, in each, the palest cream complexion is dramatically offset by the feverishly high color of expansively rouged cheeks.
- I fought back the tears that were threatening to cascade down my rouged cheeks and the words of greeting I had so carefully crafted were choked as they sputtered from my mouth.
- His cheeks had such a blush to them that I wondered idly whether he'd rouged them a bit.
- Her slightly rouged cheeks flushed and her soft skin was covered with goosebumps.
- She tossed her blond hair away from her heavily rouged cheeks.
- Her cheeks were rouged and her hair dyed a wine color, making her intense blue eyes stand out vividly.
- My cheeks were rouged to look flushed and my eyes made up for a doe-eyed look.
- Arriving fully dressed, she pauses to put on lipstick and rouge up her cheeks.
- Mac put a heavy hand on her shoulder and pushed her aside to allow Jon to stoop in the doorway and lay a girlish kiss on the girl's badly rouged cheek.
- Rouging her cheeks, Annabelle looked in the mirror and her reflection satisfied her.
- Elagabalus painted his eyes and rouged his cheeks, openly referred to this or that lover as his husband, and allegedly even stood in doorways, shaking the curtains as a harlot would.
- White-faced and heavily rouged, she rests on a chaise-longue in front of a large ornate looking-glass.
- Her high cheekbones were rouged subtly, as were her perfectly formed lips.
- Finally, feeling like more like a doll than a real person with her face powdered and cheeks rouged, Katherine was ushered into the hallway.
- She heard Jem's description of their heavily rouged faces covered with pearl powder, a practice she erroneously supposed was learned ‘from the Indians.’
Synonyms painted, done up, powdered, rouged - 1.1archaic no object Apply rouge to one's cheeks.
adjective ruːʒ (of wine) red. Example sentencesExamples - We admit to enjoying a glass or two of vin blanc and/or vin rouge of an evening.
- 2000 was a good Bordeaux year, some call it great, and even the lesser Bordeaux rouges like this one are good value for money.
- Not surprisingly, he has discovered the utter joy to be found in a decent bottle of vin rouge.
Origin Late Middle English (denoting the colour red): from French, 'red', from Latin rubeus. The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th century. noun ruːʒruʒ (in Canadian football) a single point awarded when the receiving team fails to run a kick out of its own end zone.
Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin. nounro͞oZHruʒ 1A red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips. Example sentencesExamples - She wore just enough rouge to accent her high cheekbones and enough eyeliner to bring out her beautiful light brown eyes.
- Her skin had been scrubbed until it was soft, and then brushed over with powder and rouge so that they looked rosy and merry.
- Her face was round and her cheeks darkened with rouge, her hazel eyes were narrow in her irritation, her mouth - also reddened - pursed likewise.
- Her eyes had been accented with some of her mother's charcoal, and her cheeks given color with some rouge.
- My face had been blanketed in pale powder and my cheeks brushed vigorously with pinky red rouge.
- She lifted Olivia's chin and dusted her cheeks with rouge.
- Instead she turned her attention to applying a tasteful amount of rouge to her cheeks with a small red puff from one of the many decorative tin boxes that lined the table.
- She wore her hair in a high bun and even applied a little kohl around her eyes and some red rouge on her cheeks and lips.
- The former dramatic soprano dresses for the camera, cheeks feverish with rouge, a multipointed jester's hat and veil on her head, bejeweled hands, ratty fur stole.
- Other women would have their faces powdered and rouge rubbed into their cheeks, but Evy was only planning on putting a little bit of lipstick on.
- Her hair was in a simple knot at the nape of her neck, and rouge danced on her cheeks.
- Lydia also managed to dot a little bit of rouge on her cheeks and smudge the smallest amount of make-up onto her eyelids despite Sarah's protests.
- I covered my cheeks with rouge heavily that night.
- On her head they placed a diamond-studded crown, and then added a touch of rouge to each cheek.
- There was a vanity on the far wall that was covered with powders and shades of rouge, brushes, hairpins, and jewelry of all kinds.
- I must have blushed, because he told me that my face matched my dress and to go easy on the rouge.
- For one thing she was wearing rouge on her cheeks and kohl about her eyes.
- She added rouge to her naturally olive-toned cheeks and left her room, apprehensively returning to the dance hall.
- My makeup routine was complete once I dusted my cheeks with rouge and applied colored lip-gloss.
- What a cliché, thought Sibyl, brushing rouge upon her cheeks very lightly.
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another term for jeweler's rouge
verbro͞oZHruʒ [with object]often as adjective rouged1Color with rouge. her brightly rouged cheeks Example sentencesExamples - They flirted with us shamelessly yet innocently and when we left insisted we kissed their heavily rouged and powdered cheeks.
- Her high cheekbones were rouged subtly, as were her perfectly formed lips.
- Mac put a heavy hand on her shoulder and pushed her aside to allow Jon to stoop in the doorway and lay a girlish kiss on the girl's badly rouged cheek.
- She heard Jem's description of their heavily rouged faces covered with pearl powder, a practice she erroneously supposed was learned ‘from the Indians.’
- A squat, rouged woman with rotten front teeth opened the door.
- I fought back the tears that were threatening to cascade down my rouged cheeks and the words of greeting I had so carefully crafted were choked as they sputtered from my mouth.
- Finally, feeling like more like a doll than a real person with her face powdered and cheeks rouged, Katherine was ushered into the hallway.
- Rouging her cheeks, Annabelle looked in the mirror and her reflection satisfied her.
- White-faced and heavily rouged, she rests on a chaise-longue in front of a large ornate looking-glass.
- My cheeks were rouged to look flushed and my eyes made up for a doe-eyed look.
- The woman who would be ‘evaluating’ me was a middle-aged, plump woman with rouged cheeks, and heavily outlined dark eyes, and a head of brown curls.
- Arriving fully dressed, she pauses to put on lipstick and rouge up her cheeks.
- Elagabalus painted his eyes and rouged his cheeks, openly referred to this or that lover as his husband, and allegedly even stood in doorways, shaking the curtains as a harlot would.
- She tossed her blond hair away from her heavily rouged cheeks.
- Her cheeks were rouged and her hair dyed a wine color, making her intense blue eyes stand out vividly.
- Her slightly rouged cheeks flushed and her soft skin was covered with goosebumps.
- His cheeks had such a blush to them that I wondered idly whether he'd rouged them a bit.
- And finally, in each, the palest cream complexion is dramatically offset by the feverishly high color of expansively rouged cheeks.
Synonyms painted, done up, powdered, rouged - 1.1archaic no object Apply rouge to one's cheeks.
Origin Late Middle English (denoting the color red): from French, ‘red’, from Latin rubeus. The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th century. nounro͞oZHruʒ (in Canadian football) a single point awarded when the receiving team fails to run a kick out of its own end zone.
Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin. |