1. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
   "She had a sanguine outlook on life despite the challenges";
   - sanguineous
    
2. Inclined to a healthy reddish colour often associated with outdoor life
   "a fresh and sanguine complexion";
   - rubicund, ruddy, florid

1. A blood-red colour
   "The sanguine hue of the sunset was breathtaking"
    
2. Chalk of a reddish-brown colour that resembles dried blood
   "The artist used sanguine to add warmth to her portrait sketches";
   - red chalk

Derived forms: sanguines

See also: healthy, optimistic

Type of: drawing chalk, red, redness

Encyclopedia: Sanguine