Dictionary Entry
sanguine
sanguine is a 8-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the color of blood; red. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Having the color of blood; red.
- 2adjective
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
- 3adjective
Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
- 4adjective
Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
- 5noun
Blood color; red.
- 6noun
Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
- 7noun
Bloodstone.
- 8noun
Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
- 9transitive verb
To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
- 10noun
a blood-red color
- 11adjective
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
"a ruddy complexion"
"Santa's rubicund cheeks"
- 12adjective
confidently optimistic and cheerful
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