sanguine

/'sæɳgwin/

Thân thiện

The child's sanguine cheeks glowed after playing in the snow.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Optimistic and cheerful: Having a positive outlook, especially in a difficult situation; confidently hopeful.
   • Having a healthy reddish complexion: Of a ruddy, reddish, or healthy-looking color, often associated with good health or an outdoor life.

2. Noun:

   • A blood-red color: A deep, rich red color resembling blood.
   • A reddish crayon or drawing: A drawing executed in this color, or the crayon/pencil itself (historical/artistic usage).

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Optimistic):
  • Despite the setbacks, she remained sanguine about the project's eventual success.
  • His sanguine temperament helped the team stay motivated during the crisis.
• Adjective (Complexion):
  • After a week of hiking, he returned with a sanguine and healthy glow.
  • The portrait captured her sanguine cheeks perfectly.
• Noun (Color):
  • The artist used sanguine to sketch the preliminary outlines.
  • The cloak was dyed a deep sanguine.

Advanced Usage

• "To be sanguine of/about something": To be confidently hopeful regarding a particular outcome.
  • The investors are sanguine about the company's future profits.
• In historical/medical context (Humorism): Refers to one of the four bodily humors (blood), thought to cause a cheerful, passionate, and confident disposition.
  • In medieval physiology, a sanguine personality was associated with an abundance of blood.

Variants and Related Words

• Sanguinely (adverb): In an optimistic or hopeful manner.
  • He sanguinely predicted a full recovery.
• Sanguineness (noun): The quality or state of being sanguine (optimism).
  • Her sanguineness was infectious.

Synonyms

• Adjective (Optimistic): Optimistic, hopeful, confident, buoyant, cheerful.
• Adjective (Complexion): Ruddy, rosy, florid, rubicund, flushed.
• Noun (Color): Blood-red, crimson, ruby.

Antonyms

• Adjective (Optimistic): Pessimistic, gloomy, despairing, doubtful.
• Adjective (Complexion): Pale, pallid, wan, ashen.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Sanguine expectation/hope: A confident and optimistic hope.
  • They proceeded with sanguine expectation of a favorable result.
• Sanguine humor/disposition: A naturally cheerful and optimistic temperament.
  • His sanguine disposition made him popular among his colleagues.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
   • a ruddy complexion
   • Santa's rubicund cheeks
   • a fresh and sanguine complexion
2. confidently optimistic and cheerful

Noun

1. a blood-red color

Từ đồng nghĩa

• rubicund
• ruddy
• florid