sanguine

Examples

• All

• But no, we should certainly not be too sanguine about it either.

  Academic text (1998)

• By the end of the century, their sanguine expectations were replaced by increasingly biased ones.

  Academic text (2001)

• Are you sanguine about this changing?

  Rich Roll

• Yet not everyone is as sanguine about the way China does business.

  Academic text (2010)

• One cannot be sanguine about the future of any of the other minor parties.

  Academic text (1993)

• In this paper, I take a sanguine outlook on change.

  Academic text (2004)

• Other polling firms reported results that were less sanguine, but even these were quite positive.

  Academic text (2001)

• But I am not as sanguine as you are about the idea that the ridiculous don't have fans.

  Club Random Podcast

• Strategists in Beijing cannot be sanguine about Russia's eventually becoming a real ally of the West.

  Academic text (2002)

• Despite the challenges they faced, she remained sanguine about their chances of success.

Synonyms

H

happy

vssanguine

481 1.0

Bringing a good or lucky result

is an optimistic view even when things are not favorable

H

hopeful

vssanguine

189 1.8

Feeling positive and expecting a good result

is optimistic even during hard times rather than only about future

C

cheerful

vssanguine

111 1.0

Happy in a way you show with a smile or friendly actions

remains optimistic under pressure rather than only showing happiness

U

upbeat

vssanguine

99 3.8

Feeling cheerful and hopeful, sometimes too positive for the situation

stays positive in hard situations rather than unreal optimism

R

rosy

vssanguine

26 3.2

Expecting good things in the future

is positive especially when circumstances are bad rather than merely hopeful

L

light-hearted

vssanguine

11 3.5

Happy and not serious

maintains positive confidence during hard times rather than light mood

B

buoyant

vssanguine

7 5.8

Cheerful and full of energy

keeps optimism during adversity rather than just lively mood

G

glass-half-full

vssanguine

• Informal

3 5.8

Seeing the good side of things

is positive especially in difficult situations

B

beamish

vssanguine

• Archaic

1 9.9

Smiling brightly because you feel happy

keeps hopeful during difficulty rather than shining happiness

Antonyms

P

pessimistic

67 3.9

Expecting bad things to happen in the future

G

gloomy

29 2.5

Feeling sad and without much hope

How Optimistic

buoyant

7 5.8

sanguine

10 7.4

optimistic

426 3.2

hopeful

189 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology