Main meanings of rouge in English

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rouge¹

Pronunciation /ruːʒ/

Translate rouge into Spanish

noun

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’
- ‘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.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘For one thing she was wearing rouge on her cheeks and kohl about her eyes.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Her face was round and her cheeks darkened with rouge, her hazel eyes were narrow in her irritation, her mouth - also reddened - pursed likewise.’
- ‘I covered my cheeks with rouge heavily that night.’
- ‘What a cliché, thought Sibyl, brushing rouge upon her cheeks very lightly.’
- ‘On her head they placed a diamond-studded crown, and then added a touch of rouge to each cheek.’
- ‘Her hair was in a simple knot at the nape of her neck, and rouge danced on her cheeks.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘My makeup routine was complete once I dusted my cheeks with rouge and applied colored lip-gloss.’
- ‘She lifted Olivia's chin and dusted her cheeks with rouge.’
- ‘Her skin had been scrubbed until it was soft, and then brushed over with powder and rouge so that they looked rosy and merry.’
- ‘There was a vanity on the far wall that was covered with powders and shades of rouge, brushes, hairpins, and jewelry of all kinds.’
- ‘My face had been blanketed in pale powder and my cheeks brushed vigorously with pinky red rouge.’
- ‘She wore just enough rouge to accent her high cheekbones and enough eyeliner to bring out her beautiful light brown eyes.’
- ‘She added rouge to her naturally olive-toned cheeks and left her room, apprehensively returning to the dance hall.’
- ‘Her eyes had been accented with some of her mother's charcoal, and her cheeks given color with some rouge.’
- ‘I must have blushed, because he told me that my face matched my dress and to go easy on the rouge.’
cosmetics, greasepaint
2
short for jeweller's rouge

verb

[with object]

1Colour with rouge.
‘the make-up artist rouged my 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.’
- ‘And finally, in each, the palest cream complexion is dramatically offset by the feverishly high color of expansively rouged cheeks.’
- ‘My cheeks were rouged to look flushed and my eyes made up for a doe-eyed look.’
- ‘Her slightly rouged cheeks flushed and her soft skin was covered with goosebumps.’
- ‘She heard Jem's description of their heavily rouged faces covered with pearl powder, a practice she erroneously supposed was learned ‘from the Indians.’’
- ‘Her cheeks were rouged and her hair dyed a wine color, making her intense blue eyes stand out vividly.’
- ‘A squat, rouged woman with rotten front teeth opened the door.’
- ‘Her high cheekbones were rouged subtly, as were her perfectly formed lips.’
- ‘His cheeks had such a blush to them that I wondered idly whether he'd rouged them a bit.’
- ‘Arriving fully dressed, she pauses to put on lipstick and rouge up her cheeks.’
- ‘Finally, feeling like more like a doll than a real person with her face powdered and cheeks rouged, Katherine was ushered into the hallway.’
- ‘They flirted with us shamelessly yet innocently and when we left insisted we kissed their heavily rouged and powdered cheeks.’
- ‘White-faced and heavily rouged, she rests on a chaise-longue in front of a large ornate looking-glass.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘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.’
1. 1.1 archaic no object Apply rouge to one's cheeks.
  ‘she rouged regularly now’

adjective

(of wine) red.
‘Not surprisingly, he has discovered the utter joy to be found in a decent bottle of vin rouge.’
- ‘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.’