as in glowing
having a healthy reddish skin tone
ruddy complexions run in the family
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Recent Examples of ruddy
His ruddy complexion quickly disappeared and the color drained from his face and hands.
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Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Wandering tattlers, the ruddy turnstone and a variety of other summer migrants will be found on our local beaches.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
For a star, which can emit light at essentially all colors, this means sometimes its red light is bent toward you and blue is bent away, so the star appears ruddy.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Just after midnight early Friday, March 14, the moon cuts across part of Earth’s ruddy shadow.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Wandering tattlers, the ruddy turnstone and a variety of other summer migrants will be found on our local beaches.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
For a star, which can emit light at essentially all colors, this means sometimes its red light is bent toward you and blue is bent away, so the star appears ruddy.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
Just after midnight early Friday, March 14, the moon cuts across part of Earth’s ruddy shadow.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruddy
Adjective
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The patty cooked to a perfect medium, slightly larger than his ideal five ounces, and sans the tomatoes, gets a fairly glowing review (which can’t be said of every spot).—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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To see the longest glowing debris trains, set your gaze 40 degrees above the radiant after allowing your eyes to adjust to the dark for 30 minutes.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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
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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
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The Goldberg-Polin’s’ own apartment balcony is draped in an enormous red banner that bears his image.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The fresh red bell peppers in this meal are packed with nutrients, especially vitamin C and A for the immune system and eye health.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wherever Walnut is a beautiful rosy nude that doesn't pull orange on me (my pet peeve).—
Sarah Hoffmann,
Allure,
3 Oct. 2025
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So if believing that your rosy glow or struggles with heartburn make waiting to meet your baby a little bit easier to bear, then may these myths be around forever.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The production budget must have been flush, because the network taped that inaugural joint at Atlanta's prestigious Fox Theatre, shutting down the bougiest section of Peachtree Street to roll out the red carpet in the middle of Midtown.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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His face was flush and not from exertion.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Best Things to See and Do One of the highlights of the Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway is its access to hiking trails, so make sure to bring decent walking or hiking shoes and a warm layer or two.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Used a mulch, leaves keep soil cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, protecting plant roots from extreme temperatures.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her height was the same as Daria’s, as was her eye color, blue/gray, and her hair color, brown/blond.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Pine straw turns brown fairly quickly.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Ruddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruddy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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