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sanguine
[ sang-gwin ]
adjective
- cheerfully optimistic, sometimes to the point of seeming complacent, oblivious, or naive:
a sanguine disposition;
sanguine expectations.
Synonyms: positive, optimistic, hopeful, confident, cheerful, buoyant, assured
Antonyms: morose
a sanguine complexion.
- (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
- Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
noun
- a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
sanguine
/ ˈsæŋɡwɪn /
adjective
- cheerful and confident; optimistic
- (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
- blood-red
- an obsolete word for sanguinary
noun
- Also calledred chalk a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing
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Derived Forms
- ˈsanguinely, adverb
- ˈsanguineness, noun
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Other Words From
- san·guine·ly adverb
- san·guin·i·ty [sang-, gwin, -i-tee], san·guin·ness noun
- non·san·guine adjective
- non·san·guine·ly adverb
- non·san·guine·ness noun
- o·ver·san·guine adjective
- o·ver·san·guine·ly adverb
- o·ver·san·guine·ness noun
- pre·san·guine adjective
- qua·si-san·guine adjective
- qua·si-san·guine·ly adverb
- su·per·san·guine adjective
- su·per·san·guin·i·ty noun
- un·san·guine adjective
- un·san·guine·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sanguine1
C14: from Latin sanguineus bloody, from sanguis blood
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