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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
sanguinary is an adjective meaning "accompanied by bloodshed". It carries 2 recorded senses.
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
“bloody-minded tyrants”
“bloodthirsty yells”
“went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sanguinary come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.