rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine
(adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; “a ruddy complexion”; “Santa’s rubicund cheeks”; “a fresh and sanguine complexion”
sanguine, sanguineous
(adjective) confidently optimistic and cheerful
sanguine
(noun) a blood-red color
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sanguine (comparative more sanguine, superlative most sanguine)
(literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red. [from late 14th c.]
(obsolete, physiology) 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.
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
Warm; ardent.
Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]
Antonym: despondent
(archaic) Full of blood; bloody.
(archaic) Bloodthirsty.
Not to be confused with sanguinary.
• animated
• assured
• bright
• bullish
• buoyant
• ridibund
• cheerful
• cheery
• confident
• hopeful
• optimistic
• positive
• red
• spirited
• upbeat
• vivificated
• (optimistic): blue, gloomy, pessimistic
sanguine (plural sanguines)
Blood colour; red.
Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
(tincture) A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
Bloodstone.
Red crayon.
sanguine (third-person singular simple present sanguines, present participle sanguining, simple past and past participle sanguined)
To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
• Guineans, guanines, uneasing
Source: Wiktionary
San"guine, a. Etym: [F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.]
1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton.
2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
Syn.
– Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful.
San"guine, n.
1. Blood color; red. Spenser.
2. Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer.
3. (Min.)
Definition: Bloodstone.
4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
San"guine, v. t.
Definition: To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
San"guine, adv.
Definition: In a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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