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
Words Nearby sanguine
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How to use sanguine in a sentence
Finally, NukkAI cofounder, Jean-Baptiste Fantun, said he was confident the machine would prevail over thousands of deals, but was less sanguine about its prospects over just 800.
A Hybrid AI Just Beat Eight World Champions at Bridge—and Explained How It Did It | Jason Dorrier | April 3, 2022 | Singularity HubOver the last week, all-consuming pessimism among investors has quickly given way to sanguine optimism.
Why Markets Bounced Back So Quickly After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Simon Constable | March 1, 2022 | TimeIf, at any point, COP26 participants feel too sanguine about these difficulties, they need only look at the country hosting them, and at the debates swirling around its own crisis of energy.
COP26 heads to Glasgow even as the UK struggles with energy | Samanth Subramanian | October 31, 2021 | QuartzIt’s possible with MainStreet’s platform for economic development incentivesReeves was sanguine about the attention the space is garnering and the potential competition for Ardius.
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She is equally desirous of Levine, as animalistic and eager to consume him while sticky with sanguine fluid.
Sex, Blood and Maroon 5: Pop Culture’s Wounds Run Deep | Lizzie Crocker | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat said, I am not as sanguine about the future of the U.S.-Egypt bilateral relationship.
Let's Get Real: Washington Can't Walk Away From Cairo | Frank G. Wisner | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese days, seven years after his book was published, Thomas is a bit more sanguine about his early life.
A senior government minister in Kabul is more sanguine about the possibility of eventually restarting peace talks.
Taliban Slams Loya Jirga Bilateral Security Agreement | Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI leave Italy with a less sanguine hope of her speedy liberation than I brought into it.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyBut I feel sanguine in the spirit of the men; sanguine in my own spirit; sanguine in the soundness of my scheme.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonParliament is often more easily persuaded than the shrewd investor, as many a too sanguine promoter knows.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThis fearful war was a deathblow to your father's sanguine hopes of making a rapid fortune.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickI really believe that is a good story, Jess, said her mother, who was sanguine of temperament.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
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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