- cheerfully optimistic, sometimes to the point of seeming complacent, oblivious, or naive: a sanguine disposition;sanguine expectations.
- reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.
- (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
- bloody; sanguinary.
- blood-red; red.
- a reddish-purple tincture.
- a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
- cheerful and confident; optimistic
- (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
- blood-red
- an obsolete word for sanguinary (def. 2)
- a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing
