noun blood color; red.
2. sanguine ·adj having the color of blood; red.
3. sanguine ·noun bloodstone.
4. sanguine ·adj warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
5. sanguine ·noun anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
6. sanguine ·noun red crayon. ·see the note under crayon, 1.
7. sanguine ·adj anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
8. sanguine ·vt to stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
9. sanguine ·adj characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.