sanguinary

sanguinary is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
2. adjective. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
3. adjective. The yarrow.
4. adjective. The Sanguinaria.
5. adjective. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed-G.W.Johnson

   "bloody-minded tyrants"

   "bloodthirsty yells"

   Synonyms: bloodthirsty

6. adjective. accompanied by bloodshed

   "this bitter and sanguinary war"

   Synonyms: butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous

Synonyms

bloodthirsty, butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous

Common word forms

sanguinarily

Words from these letters

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