ruddy
Meaning of ruddy
adjective
- (of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.
a cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion
- used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.
young people today, they're a ruddy shower
- make ruddy in colour.
a red flash ruddied the belly of a cloud
late Old English rudig, from the base of archaic rud ‘red colour’; related to red.
Information about ruddy
- The plural form of ruddy is: ruddies.
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Hyphenation of ruddy
ruddy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- ruddy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
ruddy synonyms
Meaning rubicund:
Meaning red:
red, reddish, carmine, cerise, cherry, crimson, ruby, scarlet
Meaning having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
Meaning comprising the whole number or amount:
Meaning complete; absolute:
Meaning used to emphasize or express anger or frustration with someone or something:
Meaning used to express annoyance:
Meaning used in mild expressions of annoyance or exasperation:
Meaning used for emphasis to express annoyance:
Meaning used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance:
Meaning complete; utter (used to express annoyance or contempt):
Meaning used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance:
Meaning used to express annoyance or for emphasis:
Meaning covered, smeared, or running with blood:
Meaning used for emphasis, or to express annoyance:
Meaning used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something:
effing, goddam, fucking, frigging
Meaning used for emphasis or as a mild expletive:
Meaning used to express feelings of annoyance, surprise, or pleasure:
Meaning used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis:
Translation of ruddy
Words that rhyme with ruddy
Buddy, buddy, Cuddy, Scuddy, cuddy, scuddy, duddy, fuddy, Huddy, chuddy, luddy, bemuddy, muddy, unmuddy, nuddy, puddy, spuddy, Ruddy, cruddy, mootsuddy, mutsuddy, soapsuddy, suddy, studdy
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