" sanguine "

1: eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing;

  * e.g., " ... the Civil War remains America's most sanguine conflict "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bloodthirsty,

•  bloody,

•  bloody-minded,

•  homicidal,

•  murdering,

•  murderous,

•  sanguinary,

•  sanguineous

•  Antonyms : 

•  ashen,

•  ashy,

•  doughy,

•  livid,

•  lurid,

•  mealy,

•  pale,

•  paled,

•  palish,

•  pallid,

•  pasty,

•  peaked,

•  peaky,

•  sallow,

•  sallowish,

•  wan

2: having a healthy reddish skin tone;

  * e.g., " ... a baby with a sanguine complexion is more likely to leave the hospital early than a sickly-looking one "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blooming,

•  florid,

•  flush,

•  full-blooded,

•  glowing,

•  red,

•  rosy,

•  rubicund,

•  ruddy

•  Antonyms : 

•  doubtful,

•  dubious,

•  uncertain,

•  unsure

3: having or showing a mind free from doubt;

  * e.g., " ... I'm reasonably sanguine about the adoption of the latest proposal "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assured,

•  certain,

•  clear,

•  cocksure,

•  confident,

•  doubtless,

•  implicit,

•  positive,

•  sure

•  Antonyms : 

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