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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Emily Finlayson:

   I think the importance of the study is that people can be sanguine of the benefits of this operation in this population.

4. Valentin Marinov:

   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.

5. 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.