sanguineous

Questions about sanguineous

What does sanguineous mean?

sanguineous means "accompanied by bloodshed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sanguineous?

sanguineous has 5 syllables: san-gu-i-ne-ous. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for sanguineous?

Close synonyms include gory, sanguinary, slaughterous, butcherly, sanguine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sanguineous a common word?

sanguineous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.