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sanguine::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sanguineous |
| Derivation | sanguineness, sanguinity |
Examples of sanguine
sanguine
Mirren seems sanguine about the offhand treatment meted out to her in that past.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Bush Administration is weirdly sanguine about this dangerous turn of events.
From the time.com
Kim Githler, at least, is even somewhat sanguine on the subject of her marriage.
From the heraldtribune.com
Some on the left are fairly sanguine about the effects of a fall-out with China.
From the economist.com
That sanguine view of the president's record before September 11th may seem odd.
From the economist.com
Obama is generally sanguine about fur flying around him and claws coming at him.
From the usatoday.com
Nathan, 27, a long-haired Texan who works as the camp's librarian, was sanguine.
From the guardian.co.uk
Some employees of Islamic NGOs sound equally sanguine about the role of religion.
From the economist.com
He was remarkably sanguine given he had just thrown away the championship lead.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Confidently optimistic and cheerful
- A blood-red color
- Rubicund: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"
- (sanguineness) sanguinity: feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident
- Sanguine refers to a reddish, often tending to brown, color of chalk used in drawing. The word may also refer to a drawing done in sanguine.
- Sanguine is a tincture in heraldry, otherwise one of the "staynard colours" (stains). In the past it was sometimes taken to be equivalent to murrey, but they are now definitely considered two distinct tinctures. It is a brownish red, the colour of arterial blood.
- Sanguine was the name of an SLF-transmitter of the US-Navy, which was used to transmit on the frequency 76 hertz signals to submarines. The transmitter sites were in Michigan and Wisconsin. As aerial ground dipoles were used.
- (san'-gwin) A dark red color. It is represented in engraving by diagonal lines crossing each other.
