Sanguine

Adjective

 * 1) Having the colour of blood; red.
 * 2)  Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.
 * 3) * 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 2
 * What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!
 * 1) * 1597 — Shakespeare, 1 Hen IV ii 4
 * I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this
 * bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh.
 * 1) Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
 * a sanguine bodily temperament
 * 1) Warm; ardent.
 * a sanguine temper
 * 1) Anticipating the best; optimistic; not despondent; confident; full of hope.
 * sanguine of success

Synonyms

 * animated
 * assured
 * bright
 * bullish
 * buoyant


 * cheerful
 * cheery
 * confident
 * hopeful
 * optimistic


 * positive
 * red
 * spirited
 * upbeat

Antonyms

 * gloomy
 * pessimistic
 * blue

Noun

 * 1) Blood colour; red.
 * 2) Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
 * 3) Bloodstone.
 * 4) Red crayon. See the Note under crayon, 1.
 * 1) Red crayon. See the Note under crayon, 1.

Verb

 * 1) To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Related terms

 * sangaree
 * sangria

Adverbs for Sanguine
groundlessly; unreasonably; overly; cheerfully; absurdly; brightly; optimistically; buoyantly; happily; enthusiastically; unwarrantably; foolishly; confidently; ardently; —warmly; earnestly; excitedly; characteristically; naturally; inherently.

Thesaurus
agape, agog, all agog, ambivert, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, aspiring, assured, awaiting, beaming, blithe, blithesome, blood-colored, bloodstained, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-red, blooming, blowzed, blowzy, bright, bright and sunny, burnt, certain, cheerful, cheery, choleric, confident, cycloid, cyclothyme, cyclothymic, eager, ectomorph, elated, endomorph, ensanguined, enthusiastic, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, expectant, expecting, extrovert, fervid, florid, flush, flushed, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, forward-looking, full of hope, full-blooded, gaping, genial, glad, gladsome, glowing, gory, happy, hectic, high, homicidal, hopeful, hoping, in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in good spirits, in high spirits, in hopes, introvert, irrepressible, laughing, looking for, looking forward to, melancholic, mesomorph, murdering, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope, optimistic, phlegmatic, pleasant, prepared, radiant, ready, red-complexioned, red-faced, red-fleshed, riant, rosy, rosy-cheeked, rubicund, ruddy, ruddy-complexioned, ruddy-faced, sanguinary, sanguineous, schizoid, schizothyme, secure, self-assured, self-confident, smiling, sparkling, sunburned, sunny, sure, syntone, undespairing, undoubtful, unsurprised, upbeat, waiting, waiting for, watching for, winsome, zealous

Etymology
From sanguin, ultimately from  sanguineus, "of blood".

Pronunciation

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Adjective

 * Dutch: bloedrood,
 * Finnish:
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 * Russian: кроваво-красный
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: blodröd


 * Italian:


 * Swedish: sangvinisk


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish: optymistyczny
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: sangvinisk


 * Swedish: sangvinisk

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Polish: krwistoczerwony


 * French:


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 * French:


 * Polish: czerwona kredka

Anagrams

 * guanines
 * Guineans

Noun

 * 1) blood