sanguine

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: san=guine

CIDE DICTIONARY

sanguine, a. [F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.].

•  Having the color of blood; red.  [1913 Webster]

  "Of his complexion he was sanguine."  [1913 Webster]

  "Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe."  [1913 Webster]
•  Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.  [1913 Webster]
•  Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful; optimistic.

sanguine, n. 

•  Blood color; red.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.  [1913 Webster]

  "In sanguine and in pes he clad was all."  [1913 Webster]
•  Bloodstone.  [1913 Webster]
•  Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.  [1913 Webster]

sanguine, v. t. 

 To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sanguine, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 optimistic; confident.
2 (of the complexion) florid; bright; ruddy.
3 hist. of a ruddy complexion with a courageous and hopeful amorous disposition.
4 hist. of the temperament in which blood predominates over the other humours.
5 Heraldry or literary blood red.
6 archaic bloody; bloodthirsty.
--n.
1 a blood-red colour.
2 a crayon of chalk coloured red or flesh with iron oxide.

Derivative

sanguinely adv. sanguineness n. (both in sense 1 of n.).

Etymology

ME f. OF sanguin -ine blood-red f. L sanguineus (as SANGUINARY)

THESAURUS

sanguine

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

ROGET THESAURUS

sanguine

Hope

N hope, hopes, desire, fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance, faith, affiance, assurance, secureness, security, reassurance, good omen, good auspices, promise, well grounded hopes, good prospect, bright prospect, clear sky, assumption, presumption, anticipation, hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration, optimist, utopian, utopist, castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne, le pot aut lait, Utopia, millennium, day dream, golden dream, dream of Alnaschar, airy hopes, fool's paradise, mirage, fond hope, beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope, cheer, bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead, light at the end of the tunnel, anchor, sheet anchor, mainstay, staff, heaven, hoping, in hopes, hopeful, confident, secure, sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic, heartsome, utopian, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, fearless, free from fear, free from suspicion, free from distrust, free from despair, exempt from fear, exempt from suspicion, exempt from distrust, exempt from despair, undespairing, self reliant, probable, on the high road to, within sight of shore, within sight of land, promising, propitious, of promise, full of promise, of good omen, auspicious, de bon augure, reassuring, encouraging, cheering, inspiriting, looking up, bright, roseate, couleur de rose, rose-colored, hopefully, Int, God speed!, nil desperandum, never say die, dum spiro spero, latet scintillula forsan, all is for the best, spero meliora, every cloud has a silver lining, the wish being father to the thought, hope told a flattering tale, rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis, at spes non fracta, ego spem prietio non emo, un Dieu est ma fiance, hope! thou nurse of young desire, in hoc signo spes mea, in hoc signo vinces, la speranza e il pan de miseri, l'esperance est le songe d'un homme eveille, the mighty hopes that make us men, the sickening pang of hope deferred.

Redness

N redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.