adjective · rare

sanguine

san·guine

sanguine · more sanguine · most sanguine

кроваво-красный, оптимистичный, жизнерадостный

blutrot

Having the colour of bloodHaving the colour of blood; blood red.

/ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/

» They were sanguine about the company's prospects.

Sie zeigten sich hinsichtlich der Aussichten des Unternehmens zuversichtlich.

Meaning

7 senses

(literary)Having the colour of blood; blood red.
blutrot
кроваво-красныйkrovavo-krasnyj
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
a sanguine bodily temperament
Warm; ardent.
a sanguine temper
Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.
I'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project.
оптимистичныйoptimističnyj, жизнерадостныйžizneradostnyj
(obsolete)Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.
сангвінікsanhvinik
(archaic)Full of blood; bloody.
(archaic)Bloodthirsty.

More definitions

confidently optimistic and cheerful
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

Examples

2 sentences

They were sanguine about the company's prospects.
deSie zeigten sich hinsichtlich der Aussichten des Unternehmens zuversichtlich.
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I am not sanguine that the negotiations will succeed.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours:

Русский

By meaning 2

having the colour of blood; red:

anticipating the best:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

having the colour of blood; red:

Origin

From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“

From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous.

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