We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
Source: wiktionary
Sanguinary
//ˈsæŋɡwɪnɛɹi//
Synonyms for "sanguinary" (135 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (41)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (67)
homicidalhostileinfernalinhumaninhumaneinimicaljingojingoishjingoistjingoistickill crazykill-crazymalignmalignantmartialmercilessmilitantmilitaristicmilitarymurdering
Show 44 more words
murderousnoncivilizedoffensivepitilesspugnaciousquarrelsomered handedred-handedremorselessruthlesssaber-rattlingsadisticsanguinesanguineoussatanicsavagescrappyself-destructivesharkishslaveringsoldierlikesoldierlysubhumansuicidaltamelesstartareantrigger happytrigger-happytruculentunchristianuncivilizedunfriendlyungentleunhumanunpacificunpeaceableunpeacefuluntamedviciouswarlikewarmongeringwarringwildwolfish
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Synonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- արյունալի adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- արյունահեղ adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- արյունարբու adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- արյունոտ adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кръвожаден adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- кръвопролитен adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- кървав adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
Czech
4 entries- krvavý adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- krvavý adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
- krvelačný adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- krvežíznivý adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
Finnish
2 entries- verenhimoinen adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- verinen adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
French
1 entries- sanguin adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
Irish
3 entries- fuilbheartach adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- fuilchíocrach adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- fuilteach adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
Macedonian
4 entries- кр́вав adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
- крво́жеден adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- крво́лочен adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- крвопроле́вачки adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
Maltese
3 entries- demmi adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- dmewwi adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- dmumi adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- bixwîn adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
- xwînawî adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- xwînawî adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- xwînî adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
Polish
3 entries- krwawy adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- krwawy adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
- krwiożerczy adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
Portuguese
2 entries- sanguinário adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- sanguinário adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
Romanian
4 entries- sanguinar adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- sanguinar adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- sangvin adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
- sângeros adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
Russian
4 entries- крова́вый adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- кровожа́дный adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
- кровопроли́тный adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- кровяно́й adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
Spanish
1 entries- sanguinario adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
Swedish
3 entries- blodig adj (accompanied by bloodshed)
- blodig adj (consisting of or similar to blood)
- blodtörstig adj (eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
"[…] every one of which took its rise from some noble family that succeeded in grasping the purple after a sanguinary struggle."
Source: wiktionary
It was not merely distaste for court life at Ch’ang An that urged the emperor to make war upon this country. China had substantial grievances against the peninsula kingdom. In the year a.d. 642 P’ing Jang, the Korean capital, had been convulsed by a revolution more sanguinary and more successful than that which had menaced the Chinese court.
Source: wiktionary
Passion […] makes us brutal and sanguinary.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.