Sanguine

Word SANGUINE
Character 8
Hyphenation san guine
Pronunciations /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Sanguine"

What do we mean by sanguine?

Cheerfully confident; optimistic. adjective

At ease; accepting. adjective

Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology. adjective

Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate. adjective

Of the color of blood; red. adjective

Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy. adjective

Of blood; bloody.

Bloodthirsty; bloody; sanguinary.

Of the color of blood; red; ruddy: as, a sanguine complexion; the sanguine francolin, Ithaginis cruentatus; specifically, in heraldry, same as murrey.

Abounding with blood; plethoric; characterized by fullness of habit: as, a sanguine habit of body.

Characterized by an active and energetic circulation of the blood; having vitality; hence, vivacious; cheerful; hopeful; confident; ardent; hopefully inclined; habitually confiding: as, a sanguine temperament; to be sanguine of success. See temperament.

Synonyms Lively, animated, enthusiastic.

The color of blood; red; specifically, in heraldry, same as murrey. noun

Bloodstone, with which cutlers stained the hilts of swords, etc. noun

Anything of a blood-red color, as a garment. noun

A drawing executed with red chalks. noun

To stain with blood; ensanguine.

Blood colour; red.

Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.

A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).

Bloodstone.

Red crayon.

Cheery, full of blood. Urban Dictionary

A bird that is black and white and native to the Antarctic with an optimistic disposition. Urban Dictionary

Optomistic or Hopeful concerning the outcome of a potentially disastrous situation. Plus, point of interest, it also means bloody. Urban Dictionary

Turning red easily, especially in the face, when doing sports, being shy, drinking alcohol, laughing... As if it was because of a particularly fast flow of blood in the veins. Devenir rouge facilement, surtout dans le visage, en faisant du sport, en étant soudainement gêné.e, en buvant, en riant... Comme si c'était à cause d'un flux particulièrement rapide de sang dans les veines. Urban Dictionary

The color of night. Urban Dictionary

An overblown drama queen, attention whore and syphilitic simpleton who will NOT go away. Urban Dictionary

A collective term for a group of sadists. Sanguine, being bloody, bloodthirsty, and yet at the same time being warm, optimistic, full of hope, indulgent in pleasure Urban Dictionary

A word that Claire Dunphy says in conversations, however whenever she says it she uses it completely incorrectly. Urban Dictionary

A rare species of penguin; found generally in warmer climates. Urban Dictionary

The look a girls butthole gets after a long bout o assfuckin, when its bleeding and gaping open. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sanguine

The word "sanguine" in example sentences

Will they remain sanguine when excess reserves increase to $2 trillion? ❋ Allan H. Meltzer (2010)

If you're not familiar with these terms a sanguine is a naturally outgoing personality who can hold three conversations at once, doesn't like to be alone, is the life of every party and is often said to be a people person. ❋ Kylie Willison (2007)

One temperament is commonly called sanguine, meaning, literally, “from the blood.” ❋ Dr. Lynn Anderson (2000)

But there was no blank despair, and if any felt despondency they suppressed the expression of it, while by far the greatest number of those on board were actually animated, not by the loss itself, but by the accidental nature of the occurrence, to indulge in sanguine expectations of ultimate success. ❋ Unknown (1865)

It is what artists call a sanguine, a drawing made with a crayon of red ocher that was much favored by Watteau, Boucher, and other artists in the eighteenth century. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)

Its temperament seems to be sanguine, which is just the opposite of the nervous-combative hooded and spectacled cobra species. ❋ William Temple Hornaday (1895)

Jackson Wells smiled as he recalled his sanguine partner's idea of a treasure-trove concealed and stuffed in the crevices of this tenement, already so palpably picked clean by those wholesome scavengers of ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

In general, top IMF officials were "sanguine" about the growing complexity and dispersion of mortgage-related investments and "praised the United States for its light-touch regulation and supervision that permitted the rapid financial innovation that ultimately contributed to the problems in the financial system." ❋ Howard Schneider (2011)

It now seems probable that my view of hunting-and-gathering societies and of non-human primate societies -- like the views of many anthropologists, primatologists and archaeologists of several decades ago -- was overly sanguine, or not "sanguine" enough, depending on which sense of the word one has in mind. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I do, however, like the word "sanguine" an awful lot, though when I first encountered it, I thought it couldn't be good. ❋ Bardiac (2008)

There's a kind of sanguine bubbliness in the videos and posters, the slogan suggestions and the posters and an eye-scalding overuse of the word "awesome". ❋ Tanita Davis (2008)

I now blog at battleoftheants.blogspot.com someone said I seemed "sanguine" ❋ Unknown (2005)

Do you think that as a society, we're kind of sanguine now about space travel? ❋ Unknown (2003)

La palabra "sanguine" se refiere a la técnica de dibujo (hecho con un lápiz rojo) y al mismo tiempo quiere decir "sanguíneo" (de sangre), una muerte brutal. ❋ Marie Lebert (N/A)

And hence, with a kind of sanguine pedantry, he pursued his design of ‘keeping up with the day’ and posting himself and his family on every mortal subject. ❋ Unknown (1912)

And they flew apart like two thoughtless little birds "sanguine," as Strand would have called them, each to ponder on some formidable plot for the reconciliation of the estranged lovers. ❋ Unknown (1877)

And hence, with a kind of sanguine pedantry, he pursued his design of 'keeping up with the day' and posting himself and his family on every mortal subject. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

The sanguine [dormant] [bodies] [bursting]. ❋ Larstait (2003)

[Sure] I'm [happy], but I'm no sanguine. ❋ Charlie Currie, Wordsmith (2018)

Are you [sanguine] about the kind of [reception] we're [apt] to receive? ❋ Browncoatsareforever (2015)

-Omg Eve, you turned so red all of a sudden! -I know, i'm really [sanguine]! -Omg Eve, t'es [vir]ée rouge tout d'un coup! -Je sais, je sais. Je suis [vraiment] sanguine ! ❋ Estestbarn (2020)

Sanguine, [my brother]. ❋ CatDaddy (2012)

[Rosemary] [liked] to Sanguine up [the joint]. No one was amused. ❋ Bitchface69 (2010)

A [sanguine] of sadists gathered at a play party to sample the flesh of the submissive and [masochists] in [attendance], causing pleasure and pain. ❋ HoneyBunsofSteel (2022)

That tastes [sanguine]! ❋ XGlowMemes (2022)

The [sanguine] [ate] his [young]. ❋ Thomas J. Smith (2005)

I fucked [Suzie's] butt until her ass was loose and sloppy with blood, the [sanguine rose] I left her with showed her how much I loved her [trashy] ass ❋ Bob McBud (2009)

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