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

1. adjective. Having the color of blood; red.
2. adjective. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
3. adjective. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
4. adjective. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
5. noun. Blood color; red.
6. noun. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
7. noun. Bloodstone.
8. noun. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
9. transitive verb. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
10. noun. a blood-red color
11. adjective. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

    "a ruddy complexion"

    "Santa's rubicund cheeks"

    Synonyms: florid, rubicund, ruddy

12. adjective. confidently optimistic and cheerful

Synonyms

florid, rubicund, ruddy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sanguine:

guanines

Common word forms

sanguines, sanguinely, sanguineous, sanguineless, sanguineness

Words from these letters

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