sanguine
cheerfully optimistic, sometimes to the point of seeming complacent, oblivious, or naive: a sanguine disposition;sanguine expectations.
(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
Origin of sanguine
1Other words for sanguine
Opposites for sanguine
1 | disheartened, morose |
Other words from sanguine
- san·guine·ly, adverb
- san·guin·i·ty [sang-gwin-i-tee], /ˌsæŋˈgwɪn ɪ ti/, 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
Words that may be confused with sanguine
- sanguinary, sanguine
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How to use sanguine in a sentence
I came from the university with such distinction as led me to look sanguinely on my career in the world.
The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonBut time, she sanguinely believed, would remove every obstacle.
The Rivals of Acadia | Harriet Vaughan CheneyHe spoke sanguinely of the defence of Paris: he counted the number of armed men and the completeness of the ordnance.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy | Thomas Wodehouse Legh NewtonThey were unaccompanied, however, by the popular summons and proffered sceptre he had sanguinely and confidently anticipated.
No harm would come to her, they sanguinely repeated, if the Queen were left to herself.
Robin Tremayne | Emily Sarah Holt
British Dictionary definitions for sanguine
/ (ˈsæŋɡwɪn) /
cheerful and confident; optimistic
(esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
blood-red
an obsolete word for sanguinary (def. 2)
Also called: red chalk a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing
Origin of sanguine
1Derived forms of sanguine
- sanguinely, adverb
- sanguineness or sanguinity, noun
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