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ruddy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ruddy

having a healthy reddish skin tone

ruddy complexions run in the family

Synonyms of ruddy

blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, sanguine

Words Related to ruddy

bronzed, brown, suntanned, tanned

bloomy, blowsy (also blowzy), blushing, flushed, pink, pinkish, warm

Near Antonyms of ruddy

blanched, white, whitened

anemic, sick, sickly

bloodless, cadaverous

whey-faced, white-faced

Antonyms of ruddy

ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan

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