Antonyms for sanguine
ˈsæŋ gwɪnsan·guine

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1. sanguineverb

   Antonyms:
   gloomy, blue, pessimistic

2. sanguinenoun

   Having the colour of blood; red.

   Antonyms:
   gloomy, blue, pessimistic

3. sanguinenoun

   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.

   Antonyms:
   blue, pessimistic, gloomy

4. sanguinenoun

   Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.

   a sanguine bodily temperament

   Antonyms:
   gloomy, pessimistic, blue

5. sanguineadjective

   Warm; ardent.

   a sanguine temper

   Antonyms:
   blue, pessimistic, gloomy

6. sanguineadjective

   sanguine of success

   Antonyms:
   pessimistic, blue, gloomy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sanguine

   Antonyms:
   cold, frigid, desponding, distrustful, croaking, misgiving, suspicious, cautious, unventuresome, timid, anxious, diffident, solicitous

   Synonyms:
   warm, ardent, lively, animated, hopeful, confident, trustful

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sanguineadjective

   a blood-red color

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, pessimistic

2. sanguineadjective

   confidently optimistic and cheerful

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, pessimistic

   Synonyms:
   ruddy, rubicund, florid

3. rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguineadjective

   inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

   "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"

   Antonyms:
   pessimistic, unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   ruby, rubicund, cherry-red, scarlet, reddish, red, ruddy, flamboyant, florid, carmine, aureate, crimson, cherry, cerise, ruby-red, blood-red

How to use sanguine in a sentence?

1. Lloyd Blankfein:

   ( The) U.S. economy is not going off the rails, i'm generally sanguine. We muddle through. I think some of this is an overreaction to the overreaction of assets being so swollen.

2. Russ Koesterich:

   No, we do not envision a significant surge in inflation, but we do think inflation expectations may be too sanguine. As such, we prefer( Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) to plain-vanilla Treasuries in our bond portfolio.

3. Greg Valliere:

   The markets are too sanguine, the market has felt for months that this is like the little boy who cries wolf. But this is not a typical debt ceiling debate.

4. John Quincy Adams:

   It is a source of gratification and of encouragement to me to observe that the great result of this experiment upon the theory of human rights has at the close of that generation by which it was formed been crowned with success equal to the most sanguine expectations of its founders.

5. Nirmal Bang analysts:

   With mega deals largely missing for the industry in the last 2-3 quarters, this situation could play out for Infosys too after a great FY21 on lumpy deals, on the margin front, we are more sanguine as we believe that the cost pressures will peak in FY22.

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