ruddy
15
5.3
- adjective
- /ˈrʌdi/
:
sonrosado
- Grown, he was a loud, bluff fellow with a ruddy face and crinkly, almost yellow hair.
- ruddy cheeks
He saw King Sauban leaning from his saddle, his face Ruddy with murderous intent more than son, glinted in the man's blue eyes.
- He saw King Sauban leaning from his saddle, his face Ruddy with murderous intent more than son, glinted in the man's blue eyes.
- The Argentines of spring come to their places in the grape leaves to cool their Ruddy pulses.
- I will just put some out on my hand and very Ruddy.
Examples
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The keeper was a big, ruddy-complexioned fellow with a scarred face and a ready smile.
Fiction book (1991) -
Their faces were still flushed from the cold, his a ruddy orange and hers an empurpled brown.
Fiction book (1990) -
My cheeks are naturally ruddy, man.
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His face was round and ruddy from the cross-stitches of broken capillaries under his skin.
Fiction book (1990) -
Makali came back ruddy and sweaty from her walk in the summer morning.
Fiction book (1995) -
His face flushed, and the veins stood out like ruddy ropes on his neck.
Fiction book (1994) -
By the time Foster approached the podium, his normally ruddy complexion was redder than usual.
Academic text (1994) -
If anyone had asked, her ruddy, freckled face would have exploded into a disarming grin.
Fiction book (1993) -
Father Foster is a fit-looking man of fifty-four, with a round, ruddy, balding head and wire-rim glasses.
Academic text (1994) -
After jogging outside, my cheeks turned a healthy ruddy hue.
Synonyms
380
1.0
Having skin that looks like the color of blood from heat or strong feeling
33
1.0
Having a slightly red color
10
3.4
Having a very red face because of anger or embarrassment
2
2.8
Having pink cheeks that show good health
1
7.1
Having a red or rosy face that looks healthy
1
9.2
Having healthy rosy cheeks
1
7.6
Having a healthy red color in the cheeks
A face that looks healthy and rosy
Having pink cheeks that show someone is healthy or young
Having a light pink or rosy color
Having a red or pink color
Cheeks that look red from strong feeling, heat or exercise
Being red in the face from strong feeling or hard effort
Antonyms
Compounds
1
9.1
A medium shorebird with reddish-brown and black feathers that turns stones to find food
How Red
Surface Forms
Morphology
ruddy = red (semi-transparent) = rud + y
Meaning is clearly derived from the color 'red' plus the adjectival suffix '-y', but the historical vowel change (red → rud-) and spelling difference may confuse learners.
Etymology
The word ruddy comes from an old root rud- meaning 'red', the same idea you see in red and ruby. So ruddy describes a healthy, rosy 'red' color in the face or on fruit.