sanguinary
pronunciation
How to pronounce sanguinary in British English:
UK [ˈsæŋgwɪnəri]
How to pronounce sanguinary in American English:
US [ˈsæŋgwɪneri]
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- Adjective:
- accompanied by bloodshed
- marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Word Origin
- sanguinary (adj.)
- "characterized by slaughter," 1620s, possibly from French sanguinaire, or directly from Latin sanguinarius "pertaining to blood," from sanguis (genitive sanguinis) "blood," of unknown origin. Latin distinguished sanguis, the generic word, from cruor "blood from a wound." The latter word is related to Greek kreas "meat," Sanskrit kravis- "raw flesh," Old English hreaw- "raw" (see raw).
Example
- 1. Man 's chief efforts in times of peace are devoted to making that process less violent and sanguinary .
- 2. The museum abjures " emotionalism " , which may be why it is oddly bloodless given its sanguinary story .
- 3. Before the fight of war over diplomacy may avoid a sanguinary war , and may get the interests of economic or politic what we should deserve .
- 4. Bloody-minded tyrants ; bloodthirsty yells ; went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood-g. w. johnson .
- 5. Anyone who has ever seen a sanguinary battlefield can have no illusions about the " glory of war . "