Synonyms 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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sanguineadjective

   a blood-red color

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, pessimistic

2. sanguineadjective

   confidently optimistic and cheerful

   Synonyms:
   ruddy, rubicund, florid

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, pessimistic

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   pessimistic, unhealthy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sanguineadjective

   Synonyms:
   red, crimson

2. sanguineadjective

   Synonyms:
   warm, ardent, lively, animated

3. sanguineadjective

   Synonyms:
   confident, hopeful, enthusiastic, buoyant

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "sanguine":

   optimistic, bloody

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Valentin Marinov:

   Stocks are still up even as commodities are down, something has to give, we are far less sanguine and think that the developed stock markets may be lagging behind other asset classes as investors position ahead of Fed tightening while global economic data continues to fuel market worries.

4. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:

   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.

5. Sebastian Coe:

   I think you'd be pretty surprised if I did sit here and was sanguine about that, i personally have big problems with it.