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Significados de ruddy em inglês

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

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Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.

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(For a person) Showing blushes.

Uso de ruddy em inglês
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The three faces contrasted vividly in the ruddy glow of the fire.
St. Elmo
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A ruddy hero in regimentals, in Gilbert Stuart's early brandy-and-water manner; 2.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 / A Maga...
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The efforts of the modest ruddy shelduck are of a higher order.
The Guardian
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The dim, ruddy glow in the windows was not that of dawn.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
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The UK's culling of the ruddy duck was cited as one example.
Independent.ie
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I considered getting legal advice before I could watch the ruddy thing.
The Irish Times
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And the fallow of the canes takes a faint warm ruddy tinge.
Two Years in the French West Indies
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I obeyed him mechanically, for life seemed glowing in the ruddy fluid.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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His ruddy face was troubled and perplexed; but he spoke resolutely enough.
The King's Achievement
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Faint, ruddy flashes of lightning flicker in the starlight upon her mastheads.
The Mirror of the Sea
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Later in the harvest her cheeks would be ruddy-nowthey were peach-coloured
Robert Falconer
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The ruddy shine of the stove is as beautiful as any sunset.
The Haunted Bookshop
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The brakeman turned redder under the ruddy brown of his sun-tanned skin.
Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila
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Then came the rush of smoke, and the glare of ruddy fire.
A Heroine of France: The Story of Joan of Arc
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The strong Syrian faces were mellowed by the ruddy gleams of sunset.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
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That ruddy glare: it is the last thing he sees at night.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
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