sanguine
21sanguine — [[t]sæ̱ŋgwɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ about n If you are sanguine about something, you are cheerful and confident that things will happen in the way you want them to. He s remarkably sanguine about the problems involved... They… …
22sanguine — /ˈsæŋgwən / (say sanggwuhn) adjective 1. naturally cheerful and hopeful: a sanguine disposition. 2. hopeful or confident: sanguine expectations. 3. ruddy: a sanguine complexion. 4. (in the old physiology) having blood as the predominating humour …
23sanguine — 1. adjective /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/ a) Having the colour of blood; red. What, what, ye sanguine, shallow hearted boys! b) Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood. Ill be no longer guilty of this …
24Sanguine — 1) Having a ruddy (reddish) complexion. 2) Cheerful, hopeful, confident, and optimistic; impulsive. The word sanguine from the Latin sanguineus for blood has long been used in English for things relating to the blood. A person who is ruddy in… …
25sanguine — san|guine [ sæŋgwın ] adjective FORMAL confident and hopeful about what might happen, especially in a difficult situation: She was her usual sanguine self. Josh was less sanguine about the situation in the eastern region of the country …
26sanguine — adjective formal 1 cheerful and hopeful about the future; confident: We are less sanguine about the prospects for peace since the row at the UN. 2 red and healthy looking: a sanguine complexion sanguinely adverb …
27sanguine — adjective 1) he is sanguine about the advance of technology Syn: optimistic, bullish, hopeful, buoyant, positive, confident, cheerful, cheery; informal upbeat Ant: gloomy 2) archaic a sanguine complexion …
28sanguine — UK [ˈsæŋɡwɪn] / US adjective formal confident and hopeful about what might happen, especially in a difficult situation She was her usual sanguine self. Josh was less sanguine about the situation in the eastern region of the country …
29sanguine — san•guine [[t]ˈsæŋ gwɪn[/t]] adj. 1) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: sanguine about the future[/ex] 2) reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion[/ex] 3) phl (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently… …
30sanguine — Une sanguine c est une pierre de couleur sanguine, fort polie, dont les armuriers se servent à poser l or et l argent de fueille sur les gardes des espées, apres qu ils les ont hachées, Sanguinea …
