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sanguine (SANG gwin) (adjective)
1. Relating to a character trait of cheerfulness: Darrell had a sanguine personality and got along with everyone at school.
2. Description of a person's ruddy skin tone: After a day hiking in the mountains, Jon had a fresh and sanguine complexion.
sanguinary (SANG gwuh ner" ee) (adjective)
Concerning that which is bloody or is associated with bloodshed: There are just too many sanguinary wars that have taken place throughout history.
sanguineous (sang GWIN ee uhs) (adjective)
1. Relating to or involving the body fluid or homicide: The medical surgery was more sanguineous than the doctors expected.
2. Concerning the color of person's vital fluid; cardinal-red: Tommy's new sanguineous shoes were hard to keep clean.

Gail's sanguine personality was matched by her sanguineous cheeks which were a rosy red; however, her favorite reading materials have been murder novels and the more sanguinary they are, the more she likes to read them!

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sanguineous
1. Referring to, consisting of, or forming blood.
2. Full-blooded; sanguine; that is, hopeful.
3. A reference to the color of blood.
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Word Entries containing the term: “sanguineous”
sanguineous apoplexy
A cerebral hemorrhage or the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain often followed by neurologic damage; a type of stroke.
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