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# sanguine

«sanguine» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cheerful and hopeful about what will happen, even when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sanguine — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Cheerful and hopeful about what will happen, even when things are hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#m1)

2) (old, literary) Of a face: rosy, red. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sanguine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.