adj
Meaning 1
Involving bloodshed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bloody, gory
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sanguinary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/
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US: /ˈsæŋɡwɪnɛɹi/
adj
Meaning 2
Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, butcherous, slaughterous
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bloodsoaked, bloody, gory
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A bloodthirsty person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed-G.W.Johnson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bloody-minded tyrants
- bloodthirsty yells
- went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
accompanied by bloodshed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this bitter and sanguinary war
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gory, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: արյունահեղ (aryunaheġ) — accompanied by bloodshed
- Armenian: արյունալի (aryunali) — accompanied by bloodshed
- Bulgarian: кръвопролитен (krǎvoproliten) — accompanied by bloodshed
- Czech: krvavý — accompanied by bloodshed
- Irish: fuilteach — accompanied by bloodshed
- Northern Kurdish: xwînawî — accompanied by bloodshed
- Macedonian: крвопроле́вачки (krvoprolévački) — accompanied by bloodshed
- Maltese: dmewwi — accompanied by bloodshed
- Maltese: dmumi — accompanied by bloodshed
- Maltese: demmi — accompanied by bloodshed
- Polish: krwawy — accompanied by bloodshed
- Portuguese: sanguinário — accompanied by bloodshed
- Romanian: sângeros — accompanied by bloodshed
- Romanian: sanguinar — accompanied by bloodshed
- Russian: крова́вый (krovávyj) — accompanied by bloodshed
- Russian: кровопроли́тный (krovoprolítnyj) — accompanied by bloodshed
- Swedish: blodig — accompanied by bloodshed
- Armenian: արյունարբու (aryunarbu) — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Armenian: արյունռուշտ (aryunṙušt) — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Bulgarian: кръвожаден (krǎvožaden) — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Czech: krvelačný — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Czech: krvežíznivý — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Finnish: verenhimoinen — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Irish: fuilchíocrach — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Irish: fuilbheartach — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Northern Kurdish: xwînawî — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Macedonian: крво́жеден (krvóžeden) — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Macedonian: крво́лочен (krvóločen) — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Polish: krwiożerczy — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Portuguese: sanguinário — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Romanian: sângeros — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Romanian: sanguinar — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Russian: кровожа́дный (krovožádnyj) — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Spanish: sanguinario — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Swedish: blodtörstig — eager for bloodshed — see also bloodthirsty
- Armenian: արյունոտ (aryunot) — consisting of or similar to blood
- Bulgarian: кървав (kǎrvav) — consisting of or similar to blood
- Czech: krvavý — consisting of or similar to blood
- Finnish: verinen — consisting of or similar to blood
- French: sanguin — consisting of or similar to blood
- Northern Kurdish: xwînî — consisting of or similar to blood
- Northern Kurdish: bixwîn — consisting of or similar to blood
- Macedonian: кр́вав (kŕvav) — consisting of or similar to blood
- Polish: krwawy — consisting of or similar to blood
- Romanian: sangvin — consisting of or similar to blood
- Russian: кровяно́й (krovjanój) — consisting of or similar to blood
- Swedish: blodig — consisting of or similar to blood