Sanguine

//ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn//

Synonyms for "sanguine" (168 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (50)

Related words (84)

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9 relation types

Translations

84 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кървавочервен adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • оптимистичен adj (anticipating the best)
  • пълнокръвен adj (characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood)
  • сангвиничен adj (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 血红 adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • 红粉笔 noun (red crayon)
  • 血红色 noun (blood red colour)

Czech

4 entries
  • horkokrevný adj (warm; ardent)
  • krvavě rudý adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • optimistický adj (anticipating the best)
  • rudý adj (having the colour of blood; red)

Danish

1 entries
  • sangvinsk adj (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours)

Dutch

2 entries
  • bloedrood adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • rood adj (having the colour of blood; red)

Finnish

3 entries
  • toiveikas adj (anticipating the best)
  • verenpunainen adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • verenpunainen noun (blood red colour)

French

2 entries
  • sanguine noun (bloodstone)
  • sanguine noun (red crayon)

Galician

1 entries
  • sanguíneo noun (blood red colour)

German

1 entries
  • blutrot adj (having the colour of blood; red)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bizakodó adj (anticipating the best)
  • derűlátó adj (anticipating the best)
  • heves adj (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours)
  • hevülékeny adj (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • blóðrauður adj (having the colour of blood; red)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • merah darah noun (blood red colour)

Irish

4 entries
  • aigeanta adj (anticipating the best)
  • dearfach adj (anticipating the best)
  • dóchasach adj (anticipating the best)
  • fola adj (having the colour of blood; red)

Italian

4 entries
  • confidente adj (anticipating the best)
  • ottimista adj (anticipating the best)
  • sanguigno adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • sanguigno adj (warm; ardent)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • optimistisk adj (anticipating the best)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • sangvinsk adj (warm; ardent)
  • sangvinsk adj (anticipating the best)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • sangvinsk adj (warm; ardent)
  • sangvinsk adj (anticipating the best)

Polish

4 entries
  • krwawoczerwony adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • krwistoczerwony adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • optymistyczny adj (anticipating the best)
  • czerwona kredka noun (red crayon)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • sanguíneo adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • sanguíneo adj (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours)
  • sanguíneo noun (blood red colour)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sangvin adj (characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood)

Russian

3 entries
  • жизнерадостный adj (anticipating the best)
  • кроваво-красный adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • оптимистичный adj (anticipating the best)

Spanish

4 entries
  • rojo adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • sanguíneo adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • sanguíneo adj (characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood)
  • sanguíneo adj (warm; ardent)

Swedish

4 entries
  • blodröd adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • förtröstansfull adj (anticipating the best)
  • hoppfull adj (anticipating the best)
  • optimistisk adj (anticipating the best)

Turkish

4 entries
  • candan adj (warm; ardent)
  • iyimser adj (anticipating the best)
  • kan rengi adj (having the colour of blood; red)
  • kırmızı adj (having the colour of blood; red)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сангвінік adj (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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I am not sanguine that the negotiations will succeed.

Source: tatoeba (240284)

They were sanguine about the company's prospects.

Source: tatoeba (5078265)

"Mary, is there a legal term defined as 'Per translationem culpa posito sanguine'?" "No, Tom, you just made that up." "Mary, you're under arrest for the murder of Richard Britteridge." "Do you mean one of the original Mayflower passengers?" "Where were you on the night of Wednesday, December 20th, 1620?"

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His 11-year-old brother is less sanguine about his long days of work, saying he dreams of having a bicycle, a football and an education.

Source: tatoeba (12056659)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.