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# sanguine

adjective (sanguine — formal)

«sanguine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Cheerful and hopeful about what will happen, even when things are hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#m1)
2. (old, literary) Of a face: rosy, red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#m2)
3. (old, history) In old medicine, a person «ruled» by blood, thought to be cheerful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#m3)

### In the lessons

Formal and literary. Used in news and grown-up talk: «not very sanguine about our chances». In stories it describes an optimistic character, like Toad, who is always sure the next plan will work. History: old doctors believed in four «humours» — this was wrong.

### Examples

- Toad was sanguine about his chances of escape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#x1)
- The coach was sanguine about the next match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#x2)
- She is not sanguine about the weather for sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#x3)
- He had a sanguine, rosy face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#x4)
- Despite the rain, Dad remained sanguine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#x5)
- The doctors were sanguine that she would recover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#x6)

### Note

Formal; in everyday talk say «hopeful» or «optimistic». Say «SANG-gwin». It comes from Latin «sanguis» (blood). Trap: it does NOT mean bloody or bloodthirsty (that is «sanguinary»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sanguine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sanguine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sanguine.html) on Mova free.