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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ruddy \Rud"dy\, v. t.
     To make ruddy. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS.
     rudig. See Rud, n.]
     1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
        flame. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                    7.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
        high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Ruddy duck (Zo["o]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
        rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
        composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
        brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
        top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
        cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
        with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
        dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail,
        spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck,
        spoonbill, etc.
  
     Ruddy plover (Zo["o]l.) the sanderling.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS.
     rudig. See Rud, n.]
     1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
        flame. --Milton.
  
              They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                    7.
  
     2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
        high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
     Ruddy duck (Zo["o]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
        rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
        composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
        brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
        top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
        cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
        with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
        dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail,
        spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck,
        spoonbill, etc.
  
     Ruddy plover (Zo["o]l.) the sanderling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ruddy \Rud"dy\, v. t.
     To make ruddy. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ruddy
       adj 1: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
              outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
              cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund,
               sanguine]
       2: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
          of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
          [syn: red, reddish, blood-red, carmine, cerise,
          cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
       [also: ruddiest, ruddier]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruddy
     a.
     reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
     adv.
     (lb en British slang) (n-g: A mild intensifier, expressing
  irritation.)
     n.
     (lb en informal) A ruddy duck.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make reddish in colour.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruddy
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ruddy
     a.
     reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
     adv.
     (lb en British slang) (n-g: A mild intensifier, expressing
  irritation.)
     n.
     (lb en informal) A ruddy duck.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make reddish in colour.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruddy
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ruddy
     a.
     reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
     adv.
     (lb en British slang) (n-g: A mild intensifier, expressing
  irritation.)
     n.
     (lb en informal) A ruddy duck.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make reddish in colour.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruddy
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ruddy
     a.
     reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
     adv.
     (lb en British slang) (n-g: A mild intensifier, expressing
  irritation.)
     n.
     (lb en informal) A ruddy duck.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make reddish in colour.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Ruddy
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruddy
     Englanti a.
     punakka

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ruddy
     Engelska a.
     1 (tagg kat=färger språk=en) rödaktig, lätt röd
     2 (tagg brittisk engelska slang språk=en) ''allmänt
  förstärkningsord''; jäkla, jädra, sabla
     Engelska adv.
     (tagg brittisk engelska slang språk=en) ''allmänt förstärkningsord'';
  förbannat, förbaskat, attans

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
  متورّد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ruddy //ˈɹʌdi// 
  румен, яркочервен
  reddish

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/ 
  červený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
  rötlich, rosig, rot 
           Note: Gesichtsfarbe
     Synonyms: rubicund, sanguine
  
   see: ruddier, ruddiest
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
   [Br.]  [coll.] verdammt  [ugs.]
     Synonyms: bloody, bleeding, flaming
  
   see: bloody similar, bloody well
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
  
  ροδαλός, κοκκινοχρώμος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  ruddy //ˈɹʌdi// 
  1. hemmetin, kirottu
  a mild intensifier
  2. punainen, punakka
  reddish

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/ 
  1. सुर्ख
        "There is a ruddy glow in the sky.                         "
        "He is a ruddy stupid."
        "Her child has ruddy complexion.    "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
  crven, rumen

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
  1. nyamvadt
  2. vörös
  3. pirospozsgás
  4. piros
  5. vacak

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ruddy /ˈrʌdɪ/ 
   1.  [lit]  czerstwy
   2.  [przest]  piekielny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ruddy //ˈɹʌdi// 
  1. attans, jädra, rackarns
  a mild intensifier
  2. rödaktig, rödblommig, rödfärgad, rödlätt
  reddish

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ruddy /ɹˈʌdi/
  1. kırmızı, al
  2. sıhhatli ve pembe yüzlü
  3. (İng.), (argo) kahrolası. ruddiness  kırmızılık.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹədi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  123 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruddy":
     Titian, Titian-red, absolute, blamed, blankety-blank, blasted,
     bleeding, blessed, blinking, bloody, blooming, blowsy, blowzed,
     blowzy, blushful, blushing, bricky, burnt, cardinal, carmine,
     carnation, carnelian, cerise, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red,
     complete, confounded, crimson, dadburned, damask, damnable, danged,
     darned, dashed, deuced, doggone, doggoned, embarrassed, execrable,
     ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming,
     florid, flush, flushed, fresh, fresh as April, full-blooded,
     glowing, goldanged, goldarned, goshdarn, green, gross, gules,
     hectic, hot, incarmined, incarnadine, infernal, inflamed, infrared,
     iron-red, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid,
     maroon, out-and-out, perfect, pink, port-wine, puce, rank, red,
     red-complexioned, red-dyed, red-faced, red-fleshed, red-looking,
     reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rosy,
     rosy-cheeked, rubicund, rubify, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose,
     ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddle, ruddy-complexioned,
     ruddy-faced, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, sanguine,
     scarlet, sheepish, stammel, sunburned, thoroughgoing, tile-red,
     unmitigated, vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored,
     wine-red, youthful
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 红的,红润的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 红的,红润的
     vt.
     vi. (使)变红

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