Definition of "sanguine" in English

adjective

1. (literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red.

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.

   • a sanguine bodily temperament

4. Warm; ardent.

   • a sanguine temper

5. Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.

   • I'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project.

6. (archaic) Full of blood; bloody.

7. (archaic) Bloodthirsty.

noun

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.

verb

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