If you are sanguineabout 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. [+ about]
They have begun to take a more sanguine view.
Synonyms: cheerful, confident, optimistic, assured More Synonyms of sanguine
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sanguine in British English
(ˈsæŋɡwɪn)
adjective
1.
cheerful and confident; optimistic
2.
(esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
3.
blood-red
4. an obsolete word for sanguinary (sense 2)
noun
5. Also called: red chalk
a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing
Derived forms
sanguinely (ˈsanguinely)
adverb
sanguineness (ˈsanguineness) or sanguinity (sanˈguinity)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin sanguineus bloody, from sanguis blood
sanguine in American English
(ˈsæŋgwɪn)
adjective
1.
of the color of blood; ruddy
said esp. of complexions
2.
in medieval physiology, having the warm, passionate, cheerful temperament and the healthy, ruddy complexion of one in whom the blood is the predominant humor of the four
3.
cheerful and confident; optimistic; hopeful
4. Rare
sanguinary (sense 3)
Derived forms
sanguinely (ˈsanguinely)
adverb
sanguineness (ˈsanguineness)
noun
Word origin
ME sanguin < MFr < L sanguineus < sanguis (gen. sanguinis), blood
Examples of 'sanguine' in a sentence
sanguine
This does not mean that we can be sanguine about the crisis gripping the eurozone.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Some lawyers take a less sanguine view.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That may be too sanguine a view.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He stays on his feet and remains sanguine.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For the most part the letter writers seem sanguine.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They have suffered so much from the economic downturn that they are sanguine about taking a risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He himself remained modest and sanguine about the recognition that the success of the book brought him.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The locals are pretty sanguine about the film.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Buy-to-let experts remain sanguine about prospects for serious investors.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Suddenly he becomes sanguine about the ongoing investigation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our own view is more sanguine.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Everybody seems surprisingly sanguine about this.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
France has appeared more sanguine about striking a deal that excluded Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Investors were less sanguine in advance of 2013 results today.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Well, she seems pretty sanguine to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A more sanguine tone may prevail after the elections.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A growing group of senior lawyers and clients is less sanguine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Other forces are less sanguine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But a landscape designer's client may be less sanguine about a plant that doesn't do its job for the full twelve months of the year.
Eddison, Sydney A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (1990)
In other languages
sanguine
British English: sanguine ADJECTIVE
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.
American English: sanguine
Brazilian Portuguese: otimista
Chinese: 乐观的
European Spanish: confiado
French: optimiste
German: zuversichtlich
Italian: ottimista
Japanese: 楽観的な
Korean: 낙관적인
European Portuguese: otimista
Latin American Spanish: confiado
1 (adjective)
Definition
cheerful and confident
He's remarkably sanguine about the problems involved.
Synonyms
cheerful
They are both very cheerful in spite of their circumstances.