ruddy

Plural: ruddies

Adjective Satellite

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
- "a ruddy complexion"
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Adj

Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Adv

A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Noun

A ruddy duck.
A ruddy ground dove.

Verb

To make reddish in colour.

Adjective

Having a healthy, reddish color.

Examples

His face turned RUDDY with excitement after spotting a bingo word.
in ruddy health
The sunset ruddied our faces.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ruddy, rody, rudi, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu (“redness”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.

Synonyms

blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, florid, red, reddish, rubicund, ruby, ruby-red, sanguine, scarlet, bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming, rosy

Scrabble Score: 10

ruddy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ruddy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ruddy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

ruddy: valid Words With Friends Word