If you’re the sort of cheery, confident soul who always looks on the bright side no matter what happens, you may be described as sanguine.
SANGUINE definition: cheerfully optimistic, sometimes to the point of seeming complacent, oblivious, or naive. See examples of sanguine used in a sentence.
Definition of sanguine adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SANGUINE definition: 1. (of someone or someone's character) positive and hoping for good things: 2. red in colour: 3…. Learn more.
sanguine (third-person singular simple present sanguines, present participle sanguining, simple past and past participle sanguined) To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations. ruddy: a sanguine complexion. sanguinary. red. Heraldry a reddish-purple tincture. n. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings. san guin′i ty, san′guin ness, n. 1. enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited. 1. morose.
Sanguine is an adjective that describes an optimistic, positive, or confident attitude and outlook, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. It can also be used in a biological context, referring to a reddish or blood-like color.
If you're sanguine about a situation, that means you're optimistic that everything's going to work out fine. Sanguine is from Latin sanguis, "blood," and it originally meant "bloody" — in medieval medicine, it described someone whose ruddy complexion was a sign of an optimistic outlook.
In short, his kindness of heart rose above all social, religious or political differences, and nothing destroyed his confidence in men and his sanguine views of life.