About The Word Sanguinary
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Sanguinary
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What's The Definition Of Sanguinary?
[adj] 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"-G.W.Johnson
[adj] accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sanguinary: bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | butcherly | gory | sanguineous | slaughterous Related Terms | Find terms related to Sanguinary: See Also | Sanguinary In Webster's Dictionary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis
blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]
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.
Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.
\San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See {Sanguinary}, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria. |
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