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Definition of Sanguinary

1. Adjective. Accompanied by bloodshed. "This bitter and sanguinary war"

2. Adjective. Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed. "Went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"

Definition of Sanguinary

1. a. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

2. n. The yarrow.

Definition of Sanguinary

1. Adjective. Attended with bloodshed. ¹

2. Adjective. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty. ¹

3. Adjective. Consisting of, covered with or similar in appearance to blood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sanguinary

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Sanguinary

1. 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. "We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences." (Bacon) 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. "Passion . . . Makes us brutal and sanguinary." (Broome) Origin: L. Sanguinarius, fr. Sanguis blood: cf. F.sanguinaire. The yarrow. The Sanguinaria. Origin: L. Herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. Sanguinaire. See Sanguinary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanguinary

sanguified sanguifier sanguifies sanguifluous sanguify sanguifying sanguigenous sanguinaceous sanguinaria sanguinarian

sanguinarians sanguinarias sanguinarily sanguinarine sanguinariness sanguinary (current term) sanguinary ant sanguine sanguined sanguineless

sanguinely sanguineness sanguinenesses sanguineous sanguineous cyst sanguines sanguining sanguinities sanguinity sanguinivorous

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