1 (of a person's face) looking red and healthy:
ruddy cheeks * a ruddy complexion
2 (literary) red in colour:
a ruddy sky
3 [onlybeforenoun] (BrE, informal) a mild swear word that some people use to show that they are annoyed:
I can't get the ruddy car to start! * What the ruddy hell do you want?
adverb (BrE, informal) a mild swear word used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are annoyed:
There was a ruddy great hole in the ceiling.
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