ruddyadjective
uk/ˈrʌd.i/us/ˈrʌd.i/red:
He was ruddy-cheeked from the walk in the cold.
Her face was ruddy and healthy-looking.
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Less common colours
- aquamarine
- azure
- beige
- blood red
- burgundy
- burnish
- cerulean
- chestnut
- chrome yellow
- cobalt
- earth colour
- ginger
- magenta
- maroon
- ochre
- raw sienna
- russet
- sage green
- steely
- violet
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ruddyadjective [ before noun ], adverb
uk/ˈrʌd.i/us/ˈrʌd.i/UK old-fashioned informalused to avoid saying bloody to express anger:
Ruddy hell!
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Expressions of anger
- bally
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bleeding
- bloody
- dare
- dash
- fie
- flip
- flipping
- for crying out loud! idiom
- freaking
- pipe
- precious
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! idiom
- sodding
- that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
- that does it! idiom
- what a business! idiom
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