Definitions for sanguine
ˈsæŋ gwɪnsan·guine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. sanguineadjective

   a blood-red color

2. sanguineadjective

   confidently optimistic and cheerful

3. rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguineadjective

   inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

   "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sanguinenoun

   Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.

2. sanguinenoun

   Bloodstone.

3. sanguinenoun

   Red crayon. See the Note under crayon, 1.

4. sanguineverb

   To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.

5. sanguineadjective

   Having the colour of blood; red.

6. sanguineadjective

   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.

7. sanguineadjective

   Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.

   a sanguine bodily temperament

8. sanguineadjective

   Warm; ardent.

   a sanguine temper

9. sanguineadjective

   Anticipating the best; optimistic; not despondent; confident; full of hope.

   sanguine of success

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sanguineadjective

   Etymology: sanguin, Fr. sanguineus, from sanguis, Lat.

   1. Red; having the colour of blood.

   This fellow
   Upbraided me about the rose I wear;
   Saying, the sanguine colour of the leaves
   Did represent my master’s blushing cheeks. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   A stream of nect’rous humour issuing flow’d
   Sanguine. John Milton.

   Dire Tisiphone there keeps the ward,
   Girt in her sanguine gown. Dryden.

   Her flag aloft, spread ruffling to the wind,
   And sanguine streamers seem the flood to fire:
   The weaver, charm’d with what his loom design’d,
   Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire. Dryden.

   2. Abounding with blood more than any other humour; cheerful.

   The cholerick fell short of the longevity of the sanguine. Bro.

   Though these faults differ in their complexions as sanguine from melancholy, yet they are frequently united. Gov. of Tongue.

   3. Warm; ardent; confident.

   A set of sanguine tempers ridicule, in the number of fopperies, all such apprehensions. Jonathan Swift.

2. Sanguinenoun

   Blood colour.

   Etymology: from sanguis.

   A griesly wound,
   From which forth gush’d a stream of gore, blood thick,
   That all her goodly garments stain’d around,
   And in deep sanguine dy’d the grassy ground. Fa. Queen.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sanguine

   Sanguine () or red chalk is chalk of a reddish-brown colour, so called because it resembles the colour of dried blood. It has been popular for centuries for drawing (where white chalk only works on coloured paper). The word comes via French from the Italian sanguigna and originally from the Latin "sanguis".

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1. sanguine

   Sanguine is an adjective that describes an optimistic, positive, or confident attitude and outlook, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. It can also be used in a biological context, referring to a reddish or blood-like color.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sanguineadjective

   having the color of blood; red

2. Sanguineadjective

   characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament

3. Sanguineadjective

   warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper

4. Sanguineadjective

   anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success

5. Sanguinenoun

   blood color; red

6. Sanguinenoun

   anything of a blood-red color, as cloth

7. Sanguinenoun

   bloodstone

8. Sanguinenoun

   red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1

9. Sanguineverb

   to stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine

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1. Sanguine

   Sanguine is a stain, or non-standard tincture in heraldry, of a blood-red colour. In the past it was sometimes taken to be equivalent to murrey, but they are now considered two distinct tinctures. It is a brownish red, the colour of arterial blood.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sanguine

   sang′gwin, adj. abounding with blood, bloody: bloodthirsty: ruddy, red: ardent, hopeful, confident: characterised by a fullness of habit.—n. the colour of red.—v.t. (obs.) to stain with blood.—n. Sang′sue, a leech—also Sang′uisuge.—adjs. Sanguic′olous, living in the blood, as a parasite; Sanguif′erous, receiving and conveying blood, circulatory.—ns. Sanguificā′tion; San′guifier.—adj. Sanguif′luous, flowing with blood.—v.i. San′guify, to make blood.—v.t. to convert into blood.—n. Sanguinā′ria, a genus of the poppy family, one species, the Blood-root or Puccoon of North America, much used by the Indians for staining.—adv. San′guinarily.—n. San′guinariness.—adj. San′guinary, bloody: attended with much blood-shed: bloodthirsty.—n. the yarrow: the blood-root.—adj. San′guineless, destitute of blood.—adv. San′guinely, hopefully, confidently.—n. San′guineness, sanguine character, ardour: ruddiness: plethora.—adj. Sanguin′eous, sanguine: resembling or constituting blood.—ns. Sanguin′ity, sanguineness; Sanguin′olence, Sanguin′olency.—adj. Sanguin′olent, tinged with blood: sanguine.—ns. Sanguisorbā′ceæ, Sanguisor′beæ, a sub-order of Rosaceæ, containing about 150 species; Sanguisū′ga, a genus of leeches.—adjs. Sanguisū′gent, Sanguisū′gous, blood-sucking; Sanguiv′olent, bloodthirsty; Sanguiv′orous, feeding on blood, as a vampire—also Sanguiniv′orous. [Fr.,—L. sanguineus—sanguis, sanguinis, blood.]

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1. guanines

2. Guineans

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sanguine in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sanguine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sanguine in a Sentence

1. Greg Valliere:

   The markets are too sanguine, the market has felt for months that this is like the little boy who cries wolf. But this is not a typical debt ceiling debate.

2. Valentin Marinov:

   We are far less sanguine and think that the developed stock markets may be lagging behind other asset classes as investors position ahead of Fed tightening while global economic data continues to fuel market worries.

3. Valentin Marinov:

   Stocks are still up even as commodities are down, something has to give, we are far less sanguine and think that the developed stock markets may be lagging behind other asset classes as investors position ahead of Fed tightening while global economic data continues to fuel market worries.

4. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:

   There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

5. Sebastian Coe:

   I think you'd be pretty surprised if I did sit here and was sanguine about that, i personally have big problems with it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sanguine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sanguine
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sanguine
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguine
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanguine
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sanguine
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sanguine