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8-letter words (2 found)

GUANINES,SANGUINE,

7-letter words (9 found)

ANGUINE,ENSUING,GUANINE,GUANINS,GUINEAS,GUNNIES,INGENUS,INNAGES,SEANING,

6-letter words (20 found)

AGNISE,AGUISE,EANING,EASING,ENNUIS,ENSIGN,GENIUS,GUANIN,GUINEA,INANES,INGANS,INGENU,INNAGE,INSANE,SAGUIN,SANING,SANNIE,SIENNA,UNGAIN,UNSNAG,

5-letter words (31 found)

AEGIS,AGUES,ANISE,AUNES,ENNUI,GAINS,GEANS,GENAS,GENUA,GENUS,GUANS,GUISE,INANE,INGAN,ISNAE,NEGUS,NINES,NUGAE,SAINE,SEGNI,SENGI,SENNA,SIGNA,SINGE,SUGAN,SUING,SUNNA,UNAIS,USAGE,USING,USNEA,

4-letter words (68 found)

AGEN,AGES,AGIN,AGUE,AINE,AINS,ANES,ANIS,ANNS,ANUS,AUNE,EANS,EAUS,EGIS,EINA,ENGS,GAEN,GAES,GAIN,GANE,GANS,GAUN,GAUS,GEAN,GENA,GENS,GENU,GIEN,GIES,GINN,GINS,GNUS,GUAN,GUES,GUNS,INGS,INNS,ISNA,NAES,NAGS,NAIN,NANE,NANG,NANS,NEGS,NGAI,NIES,NINE,NUGS,NUNS,SAGE,SAIN,SANE,SANG,SEAN,SENA,SIEN,SIGN,SINE,SING,SNAG,SNIG,SNUG,SUNG,SUNI,SUNN,UNAI,UNIS,

3-letter words (58 found)

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2-letter words (19 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 208 words from sanguine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sanguine

sanguine

Etymology

From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”), of uncertain origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Doublet of sanguineous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡwɪn

Adjective

sanguine (comparative more sanguine, superlative most sanguine)

  1. (literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red. [from late 14th c.]
  2. (obsolete, physiology) 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. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
  4. Warm; ardent.
  5. Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]
    Antonym: despondent
  6. (archaic) Full of blood; bloody.
  7. (archaic) Bloodthirsty.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with sanguinary.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "optimistic"): blue, gloomy, pessimistic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sanguine (countable and uncountable, plural sanguines)

  1. Blood colour; red.
  2. Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
  3. (heraldry) A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
  4. Bloodstone.
  5. Red crayon.

Translations

Verb

sanguine (third-person singular simple present sanguines, present participle sanguining, simple past and past participle sanguined)

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

Related terms

See also

  • (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)

Further reading

  • sanguine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Guineans, guanines, uneasing

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.ɡin/

Noun

sanguine f (plural sanguines)

  1. (heraldry) a tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey, which is mûre in French)

Adjective

sanguine

  1. feminine singular of sanguin

Further reading

  • “sanguine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaŋ.ɡwi.ne/

Noun

sanguine (uncountable)

  1. blood

Related terms

  • sanguinee

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanguinem (“blood”), in reference to the red colour/color of the stems.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.ɡwi.ne/
  • Rhymes: -anɡwine
  • Hyphenation: sàn‧gui‧ne

Noun

sanguine m (plural sanguini)

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of sanguinella (“common dogwood”)
  2. a common dogwood plant

Further reading

  • sanguine in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • sanguine in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • sanguine in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • sanguine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsan.ɡʷi.ne/, [ˈs̠äŋɡʷɪnɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsan.ɡwi.ne/, [ˈsäŋɡwine]

Noun

sanguine

  1. ablative singular of sanguis

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • sanguyn, sangweyne, sangwen, sangewyn, sangwyn, sangwyne, sanguyne, sangueyn

Etymology

From Old French sanguin (and feminine sanguine), from Latin sanguineus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sanˈɡiːn/, /sanˈɡwiːn/, /ˈsanɡin/, /ˈsanɡwin/

Adjective

sanguine

  1. Having a bloody-red hue; coloured in sanguine or a similar colour.
  2. Under the influence of blood as a cardinal humour (inherently or in the current case)
  3. Due to the influence or presence of a dangerous profusion of blood.
  4. Made of or created from blood (as a humour); bloody.

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: sanguine

References

  • “sanguin(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-10.

Noun

sanguine (plural sanguynes)

  1. A bloody red colour; sanguine or blood red.
  2. A kind of fabric that is sanguine-coloured or the colour of blood.
  3. Blood as one of the four cardinal humours believed to influence health and mood.
  4. (rare) A swollen region or edema attributed to an excess of blood.
  5. (rare) A person primarily under the influence of blood as a cardinal humour.

Descendants

  • English: sanguine

References

  • “sanguin(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-10.

See also

  • humour
  • (four humours) flewme,‎ coler,‎ malencolie,‎ sanguine [edit]
  • (qualities of the four humours) fleumatik,‎ colerik,‎ malencolik,‎ sanguine [edit]

Source: wiktionary.org