sanguine
pronunciation
How to pronounce sanguine in British English:
UK [ˈsæŋgwɪn]
How to pronounce sanguine in American English:
US [ˈsæŋɡwɪn]
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- Adjective:
- confidently optimistic and cheerful
- inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
Word Origin
- sanguine (adj.)
- "blood-red," late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French sanguin (fem. sanguine), from Latin sanguineus "of blood," also "bloody, bloodthirsty," from sanguis (genitive sanguinis) "blood" (see sanguinary). Meaning "cheerful, hopeful, confident" first attested c. 1500, because these qualities were thought in medieval physiology to spring from an excess of blood as one of the four humors. Also in Middle English as a noun, "type of red cloth" (early 14c.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. But should we be so sanguine ?
- 2. But many analysts are far less sanguine .
- 3. That may be too sanguine .
- 4. Others are not so sanguine .
- 5. Mr allawi is not sanguine .