ruddy
of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
red or reddish.
British Slang. damned: a ruddy fool.
British Slang. damned: He'd ruddy well better be there.
Origin of ruddy
1Other words from ruddy
- rud·di·ly, adverb
- rud·di·ness, noun
Words Nearby ruddy
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How to use ruddy in a sentence
It was a regular feature for us to be scared out of our minds, because the hill was a layer of ice and it was ruddy.
U.S. Ski Jumping Is Looking For More Friends In High Places | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 18, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightHis complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.
“Some years ago I introduced Dick to former President Bill Clinton,” ruddy wrote.
One of the boys, a stocky ruddy-faced blond teen, vanished after he and Middleton got drunk on rubbing alcohol.
The Bone Collectors Get to Work at Florida’s Dozier School | Christine Pelisek | September 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYet now, Obama has need for more—much more—than a jolly, ruddy dude who serves as a racial palliative.
By July 23, Karadzic looked like himself, albeit a bit thinner, his skin shallow compared to its wartime ruddy glow.
Tom himself was burly, ruddy, broad, and rather above middle size.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneHe was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe was a big man, and looked bigger than he was; good-looking too; ruddy, portly, well-dressed and formal.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe stepped hastily back, his cheeks, before so fresh and ruddy, were now blanched with a deadly pallor.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieA cheerful fire was roaring up the great chimney, and she was literally basking in the warmth the ruddy blaze diffused around.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
British Dictionary definitions for ruddy
/ (ˈrʌdɪ) /
(of the complexion) having a healthy reddish colour, usually resulting from an outdoor life
coloured red or pink: a ruddy sky
(intensifier) bloody; damned: a ruddy fool
Origin of ruddy
1Derived forms of ruddy
- ruddily, adverb
- ruddiness, noun
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