sanguineness

8.4

A confident, hopeful, and cheerful way of thinking

noun
/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəs/

: optimismo

Her sanguineness in the face of adversity inspired everyone around her.

Examples

The team's sanguineness about their chances was contagious.
Her sanguineness about the future is truly inspiring.
Despite the setbacks, his sanguineness never seemed to falter.
Despite the challenges, his sanguineness never wavered.
Despite the setbacks, his sanguineness never seemed to falter.
Her sanguineness in the face of adversity inspired everyone around her.
The team's sanguineness about their chances was contagious.

Synonyms

optimism

vssanguineness

209 2.8

A tendency to expect good results and see the positive side of things

adds a stronger cheerful confidence tone rather than mere expectation

positive attitude

vssanguineness

26 3.0

A way of thinking that is hopeful and looks for solutions

emphasizes upbeat cheerfulness combined with inner confidence rather than action

positivity

vssanguineness

17 3.6

Feeling hopeful and expecting a good result

focuses more on cheerful feeling combined with personal confidence

hopefulness

vssanguineness

5 1.3

A feeling that good things will happen

has more immediate cheerful confidence rather than future-focused hope

cheerfulness

vssanguineness

4 1.0

A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good

adds an element of confident expectation as well as simple happiness

cheeriness

vssanguineness

1 1.6

A feeling of happiness and energy that makes others feel hopeful

carries more confident expectation alongside the lively cheerful tone

sanguinity

vssanguineness

Formal

1 8.5

A cheerful, confident feeling about the future

is identical in sense but appears as the alternate noun form

positiveness

vssanguineness

1 3.9

Hope and encouragement that help people succeed

leans more toward cheerful mood and personal confidence than success focus

chirpiness

vssanguineness

Informal

1 4.4

A happy, lively mood that makes people smile

is similar but stresses inner confident optimism more than bubbly energy

endless optimism

vssanguineness

4.0

A strong, lasting belief that things will get better even in hard times

is similar but usually denotes a lighter, not unending, cheerful confidence

sunniness

vssanguineness

2.4

A cheerful, positive way of behaving that makes others feel happy

adds a clear sense of confident optimism beyond mere brightness

lightsomeness

vssanguineness

Literature

9.8

A cheerful, carefree feeling that makes life seem easier

is more about steady confident cheer rather than carefree lightness

yeppity

vssanguineness

Slang

9.9

Feeling very happy, excited, and full of energy

is calmer, focusing on steady cheerful confidence not high energy

upness

vssanguineness

Informal

9.5

A feeling of happiness and energy that makes someone feel positive

is more specifically the quality of confident cheer, not just a state

cheerful personality

vssanguineness

2.3

A friendly, happy way of acting that makes others feel better

describes the abstract quality of assured cheerful optimism rather than a person

Antonyms

gloom

20 3.6

Low light or darkness that makes a place feel sad

despondency

4 8.3

A strong feeling of sadness and loss of hope after something bad

How Optimistic

exuberance

27 6.7

buoyancy

1 5.5

sanguineness

8.4

optimism

209 2.8

cheerfulness

4 1.0

Surface Forms

sanguineness singular

sanguinenesses plural

Morphology

sanguineness = sanguine (transparent) = sanguine + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'sanguine' using the productive suffix '-ness', yielding the quality of being sanguine.

Etymology

Sanguineness comes from the Latin root sanguis, which means 'blood'. Long ago people thought having a lot of blood made someone warm and cheerful, so the word sanguine came to mean 'optimistic', and sanguineness is the state of being cheerfully confident.