Word For The Day: sanguine

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[Louis Foxwell]

Word For The Day, Thursday, April 30, 2015--

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

sanguine [phonetic]

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adjective

Def:

1:  bloodred

2

a :  consisting of or relating to blood

b :  bloodthirsty, sanguinary

c of the complexion :  ruddy

3

:  having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also :  having the bodily conformation and temperament held characteristic of such predominance and marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness

4

:  confident, optimistic Origin:

Middle English sanguin, from Anglo-French, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguin-, sanguis (see sanguinary))

First Known Use: 14th century

Related forms:

Synonyms

bloody, bloody-minded, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, bloodthirsty, sanguineous

Antonyms

ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan

[Louis Foxwell]

(Links seem to be all busted.)

Who is joyful, confident and bloodthirsty? Is this the secret ingredient in popular politicians and other people? The sanguine nature of Trump makes him irresistible.

Awards for every use of the word. Frame them and put them on your wall right up there with your diplomas.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Although one could never describe Obama’s complexion as sanguine (he’s looking rather grey these days) his character qualifies because of the cavalier way he has bargained away the future of this nation.

[Pollster1]

The cannibal’s heart sang when
he shared liver, some fava beans, and a nice Chianti
with his sanguine Planned Parenthood followers.

[Louis Foxwell]

A day for happy, happy, happy.

[Louis Foxwell]

Waaay too close to the truth. I fully expected the Gosnell saga to offer recipes for immature long pork.

[Louis Foxwell]

Cavalier comes to mind as descriptive of the Obama cycle. Nevertheless, I certainly am in agreement with your assessment.

[secret garden]

The more they try and defend their actions, the more sanguine of their motives are revealed to all.

[Vaquero]

exsanguinate, exsanguination

To Bleed out. Removal of blood causing death

[Vaquero]

George Armstrong Custer literally (and figuratively) had a Cavalier Attitude as he was in the Cavalry. Zero has a Cavalier attitude as he is a self absorbed, narcissistic POS who does what he pleases and ignores the consequences.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Planned Parenthood bigwigs are sanguine
Drink wine, sell baby parts, and grin
No respect for the fetus
How could these these ghouls beat us?
The liberal Supremes let this gang win

[xsmommy]

THis is no time to be sanguine about simmering racial tensions in this country. Whyisa clued me in to this story.

[xsmommy]

i LOVE cavaliers! i have two!

[left that other site]

The revelations of the past week have been more sanguinary than sanguine.

[tioga]

The world has turned sanguine
When a drag queen dressed in sequin
Who's a pathetic freak
Named woman of the week
And Vogue applauds this “win”.

Caitlyn Jenner Named One of Vogue's Best Dressed Women of the Week...That's Bruce Jenner. No legal name change, no cutting off of male parts. They exaggerate. He's just a rich drag queen.

[tioga]

Who are you quoting???

[Honorary Serb]

I am not sanguine that we can beat the obamunists, “gays”, race-baiters, domestic islamists, and obamacare bureaucrats anytime soon.

Nor am I sanguine that we can find and elect a Republican candidate for President who can help us beat this pack of enemies!!!!

[SoothingDave]

I must be seeing double. ;-)

[SoothingDave]

Don’t care any more. They’ve cried wolf over thugs and lowlifes too many times.

There are two Americas. The rational one and the one where police kill black people with impunity.

[Louis Foxwell]

A curious word. It can be used to mean 2 contradictory attitudes, happiness and horrifying.

[xsmommy]

#blacklivesandonlyblacklivesmatter