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It was a regular feature for us to be scared out of our minds, because the hill was a layer of ice and it was ruddy.

His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.

“Some years ago I introduced Dick to former President Bill Clinton,” Ruddy wrote.

One of the boys, a stocky ruddy-faced blond teen, vanished after he and Middleton got drunk on rubbing alcohol.

Yet now, Obama has need for more—much more—than a jolly, ruddy dude who serves as a racial palliative.

By July 23, Karadzic looked like himself, albeit a bit thinner, his skin shallow compared to its wartime ruddy glow.

Tom himself was burly, ruddy, broad, and rather above middle size.

He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.

He was a big man, and looked bigger than he was; good-looking too; ruddy, portly, well-dressed and formal.

He stepped hastily back, his cheeks, before so fresh and ruddy, were now blanched with a deadly pallor.

A cheerful fire was roaring up the great chimney, and she was literally basking in the warmth the ruddy blaze diffused around.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ruddy, such as: blooming, blowsy, bronzed, crimson, florid, and flush.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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