Synonyms for rouge


Grammar : Noun
Spell : roozh
Phonetic Transcription : ruÊ’


Définition of rouge

Origin :
  • 1753, in cosmetic sense, "blush," from French rouge "red coloring matter," noun use of adjective "red" (12c.), from Latin rubeus, related to ruber "red" (see red). Replaced native paint in this sense. The verb is attested from 1777. Related: Rouged; rouging. The same word had been borrowed from French in Middle English with the sense "red color; red" (early 15c.).
  • noun blusher
Example sentences :
  • Her face was ghastly, save for the trace of rouge; her eyes were red-rimmed.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Had she got the rouge a trifle brighter on one cheek than on the other?
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Rouge was born in Silesia in 1813 and died in October, 1887.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume IV (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He was accused of putting on an imperceptible touch of rouge.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • From red that she had been, she was now ashen under her rouge.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It is for not backing the "rouge" that he is inexorable towards him.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • Her cheeks blazed with rouge, her eyes were restless and anxious.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • How ashamed the poor old man was; he reddened through all his rouge.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • The hair, powdered white, was absent; so too were the patches; so also was the rouge.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • She was rubbing distressfully at a dab of rouge on her cheek.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

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