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What is the adjective for sanguine?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb sanguine which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sanguine
  1. Having the colour of blood; blood red. [from late 14th c.]
  2. (physiology) Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.
  3. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
  4. Warm; ardent.
  5. Anticipating the best; optimistic; not despondent; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The sparkling gaiety of her features, the dimple on her cheeks, and the brilliant glow of her sanguine complexion, exhibit, altogether, a character of very prevailing attraction.”
      “In particular, the civil war that ends the Book of Ether covers a sanguine conflict which ended a nation and killed millions in a little over three chapters.”
      “That this in no way reduces his sanguine view of future economic prospects is as unbelievable as it is disconcerting.”
sanguinaceous
  1. (rare) sanguine
sanguinous
  1. (medicine) bloody
sanguined
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sanguine
sanguining
  1. present participle of sanguine
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