as in tanned
having a healthy reddish skin tone
the rubicund face of a man who clearly got a lot of fresh air and exercise
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubicund
Adjective
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Its broad, meticulously kept tanned dunes dissolving into rolling surf and the deep blue Pacific with breathtaking sunsets are a photographer’s dream.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025 -
The high heel stiletto sandals feature three intertwining straps on the caged vamp and are made with metal-free tanned leather.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Chester Arthur’s ruddy face is framed by lacy, drooping curtains.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Jokes at their expense are easy and cheap, though each of these ruddy head wounds caps an individual story of insecurity and frail hope for more abundant days ahead.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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Dense dust lanes can be seen coiling around Andromeda's glowing galactic center, which is thought to house a supermassive black hole 140 million times more massive than our sun.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Those are some very strong and glowing words from Tomlin.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jesse Savage, who will transition from head of high school to director of academics, had asked students to remove red ties for compliance with dress code.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Shehadeh said the city should consider alternative colors, such as America’s red, white and blue, instead of just white and blue, which may cause people to associate it strictly with Israel.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Seeing his father’s face flush and his hands start shaking, Grant asked what was wrong and Ben turned to look at Michael.—
Ted Katauskas,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
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Colorado policymakers, after several flush years following the pandemic, have faced a series of fiscal crunches over the past year.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What’s more, Nvidia will also take on the risk of being stuck with an inventory of GPUs no one wants if demand for AI workloads don’t match Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s rosy predictions.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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What the law says The state's revenue projections provide a rosier outlook than what the reality would be if a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana were in place, said Chris Silva, a cannabis business consultant in Michigan.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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On a late-September Friday night as warm as July, the Boston Red Sox kicked down the doors of October baseball for the first time since 2021, with a walk-off that will not be forgotten any time soon.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Set against a beige background, the blanket’s pattern features a warm yellow, sweet violet, and soft green.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting in the Chelsea greenroom of her show, an explosion of pink confection, the 58-year-old is reflective and sanguine.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Investors haven’t been this sanguine about blue-chip debt since 1997.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Rubicund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubicund. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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