ruddy

Meaning of ruddy

adjective
  1. (of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.
    a cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion
  2. used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.
    young people today, they're a ruddy shower
verb
  1. 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:

rubicund, florid, sanguine

Meaning red:

red, reddish, carmine, cerise, cherry, crimson, ruby, scarlet

Meaning having all the necessary or appropriate parts:

complete

Meaning comprising the whole number or amount:

total

Meaning complete; absolute:

utter

Meaning used to emphasize or express anger or frustration with someone or something:

damn, damned

Meaning used to express annoyance:

blasted, blinking

Meaning used in mild expressions of annoyance or exasperation:

blessed

Meaning used for emphasis to express annoyance:

flaming

Meaning used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance:

confounded

Meaning complete; utter (used to express annoyance or contempt):

blithering

Meaning used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance:

flipping

Meaning used to express annoyance or for emphasis:

blooming

Meaning covered, smeared, or running with blood:

bloody

Meaning used for emphasis, or to express annoyance:

bleeding

Meaning used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something:

effing, goddam, fucking, frigging

Meaning used for emphasis or as a mild expletive:

chuffing

Meaning used to express feelings of annoyance, surprise, or pleasure:

doggone

Meaning used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis:

bally

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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