sanguine
sanguine is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
- 2.Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
- 3.Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
- 4.Blood color; red. Spenser.
- 5.Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer.
- 6.(Min.) Bloodstone.
- 7.Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
- 8.To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
- 9.In a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affiance
- air
- airy
- anchor
- anticipation
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- balm
- beam
- belief
- bit
- blue
- bottom
- box
- bright
- buoyancy
- cheer
- clear
- cloud
- confidence
- dawn
- day
- desire
- dream
- end
- enthusiasm
- expectation
- faith
- fervent
- flash
- fond
- gleam
- glimmer
- golden
- good
- grace
- heart
- heaven
- hope
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is sanguine.
- What is characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament called?
- What is anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success called?
- What is anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer called?
- What is red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1 called?
- What is to stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine called?
- What is in a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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