Sanguine
adjective
Being hopeful or confident about the future or the success of something.
Despite the challenges, he has a sanguine perspective about the company's future.
Often appears as...
- sanguine perspective
- sanguine hopes
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Formal
adjective
Having a ruddy or rosy complexion.
The child's sanguine cheeks were a sign of good health.
Often appears as...
- sanguine cheeks
- sanguine complexion
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Formal
noun
A blood-red color.
The sunset was a beautiful sanguine hue.
Often appears as...
- sanguine hue
- sanguine pigment
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Of the color of blood.
The doctor noted the sanguine color of the patient's face.
Often appears as...
- sanguine color
- sanguine discoloration
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Being hopeful or confident about the future or the success of something.
Despite the challenges, he has a sanguine perspective about the company's future.
Often appears as...
- sanguine perspective
- sanguine hopes
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Having a ruddy or rosy complexion.
The child's sanguine cheeks were a sign of good health.
Often appears as...
- sanguine cheeks
- sanguine complexion
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A blood-red color.
The sunset was a beautiful sanguine hue.
Often appears as...
- sanguine hue
- sanguine pigment
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Of the color of blood.
The doctor noted the sanguine color of the patient's face.
Often appears as...
- sanguine color
- sanguine discoloration
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outlook
Use when expressing optimism in spite of difficulties.
He remained sanguine about finding a job even after months of searching.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Success
Most appropriate in contexts discussing future achievements or expectations.
The team is sanguine about their chances in the finals.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Don't use 'sanguine' excessively; it's more impactful in selective situations.
She had one sanguine wish: that the project would eventually succeed.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outlook
Use when expressing optimism in spite of difficulties.
He remained sanguine about finding a job even after months of searching.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Success
Most appropriate in contexts discussing future achievements or expectations.
The team is sanguine about their chances in the finals.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Don't use 'sanguine' excessively; it's more impactful in selective situations.
She had one sanguine wish: that the project would eventually succeed.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outlook
Use when expressing optimism in spite of difficulties.
He remained sanguine about finding a job even after months of searching.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Success
Most appropriate in contexts discussing future achievements or expectations.
The team is sanguine about their chances in the finals.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Don't use 'sanguine' excessively; it's more impactful in selective situations.
She had one sanguine wish: that the project would eventually succeed.
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Quote examples
James Gleick
American Author
I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance.
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Anthony Marra
American Writer
While looking up news from the North Caucasus on Twitter, I was linked to the sanguinely titled 'Seven Wonders of Chechnya Tour' on the website of Chechnya Travel, the postwar republic's first tourism outfit, founded in 2012.
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Lauren Groff
American Novelist
While I know some women who are stunningly sanguine when they're pregnant, I dissolve into a total mess. What normally appears sturdy turns fragile: the economy, the climate, humanity's baseline social contract.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.
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Henry Bessemer
English Scientist
I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.
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Mary Wortley Montagu
English Writer
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
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John Morley
British Statesman
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
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Elizabeth Fraser
Scottish Musician
I had always thought of myself as a sanguine person, quite light and airy. But for a long while, no one could have possibly made me laugh or smile. It was awful.
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Simon Callow
English Actor
There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.
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John Major
British Politician
I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.
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James Gleick
American Author
I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance.
Quote examples
Anthony Marra
American Writer
While looking up news from the North Caucasus on Twitter, I was linked to the sanguinely titled 'Seven Wonders of Chechnya Tour' on the website of Chechnya Travel, the postwar republic's first tourism outfit, founded in 2012.
Quote examples
Lauren Groff
American Novelist
While I know some women who are stunningly sanguine when they're pregnant, I dissolve into a total mess. What normally appears sturdy turns fragile: the economy, the climate, humanity's baseline social contract.
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.
Quote examples
Henry Bessemer
English Scientist
I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.
Quote examples
Mary Wortley Montagu
English Writer
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
Quote examples
John Morley
British Statesman
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Fraser
Scottish Musician
I had always thought of myself as a sanguine person, quite light and airy. But for a long while, no one could have possibly made me laugh or smile. It was awful.
Quote examples
Simon Callow
English Actor
There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.
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John Major
British Politician
I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.
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