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sanguine

[ sang-gwin ]

adjective

  1. 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

  2. a sanguine complexion.

  3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
  4. Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.


noun

  1. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.

sanguine

/ ˈsæŋɡwɪn /

adjective

  1. cheerful and confident; optimistic
  2. (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
  3. blood-red
  4. an obsolete word for sanguinary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. Also calledred chalk a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

Origin of sanguine1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English sanguyne “a blood-red cloth,” from Old French sanguin, from Latin sanguineus “bloody,” equivalent to sanguin-, stem of sanguis “blood” + -eus -eous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguine1

C14: from Latin sanguineus bloody, from sanguis blood
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Example Sentences

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.

Over the last week, all-consuming pessimism among investors has quickly given way to sanguine optimism.

From Time

If, 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.

From Quartz

It’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.

The experience left them sanguine about the sometimes vitriolic opinions of strangers on the Internet.

She is equally desirous of Levine, as animalistic and eager to consume him while sticky with sanguine fluid.

That said, I am not as sanguine about the future of the U.S.-Egypt bilateral relationship.

These 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.

I leave Italy with a less sanguine hope of her speedy liberation than I brought into it.

But I feel sanguine in the spirit of the men; sanguine in my own spirit; sanguine in the soundness of my scheme.

Parliament is often more easily persuaded than the shrewd investor, as many a too sanguine promoter knows.

This fearful war was a deathblow to your father's sanguine hopes of making a rapid fortune.

I really believe that is a good story, Jess, said her mother, who was sanguine of temperament.

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