HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sanguine
/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/
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Stress “san” and keep the “gw” sequence.
After the strong opening vowel, move through ng into g and w, then finish with a lighter short i vowel and n.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The team remained sanguine about its prospects.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does sanguine mean?
adjective
- (literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red.
- Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
- Warm; ardent.
More meanings (10)
adjective
- Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.
- (obsolete) 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.
- (archaic) Full of blood; bloody.
- (archaic) Bloodthirsty.
noun
- Blood colour; red.
- Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
- A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
- Bloodstone.
- Red crayon.
verb
- To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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These circumstances combined, admonish us not to be too sanguine in considering ourselves as entirely out of the reach of danger.
It seemed, however, to be so very difficult a problem, that they were by no means sanguine of success in its solution.
More book examples (3)
Being assisted by a gentleman who not long ago aspired to the favour of your hand, I am sanguine as to that.’
To dream of spools of thread, indicates some long and arduous tasks, but which when completed will meet your most sanguine expectations.
So Speke went alone and continued his march until he reached the lake, the dimensions of which surpassed his most sanguine expectations.