sanguine
Rosy and hopeful
Sanguine is a somewhat literary adjective with a meaning typically overlaps hopeful and optimistic: He is sanguine about being able to avoid litigation. The report expresses sanguine views about the economy.
In a different meaning, sanguine suggests a pinkish or reddish color, as in a sanguine complexion.
Reddish in complexion
- flushedReddened from emotion
- rosyPinkly warm or hopeful
- glowingGiving off steady light
- reddishSlightly crimson in hue
florid · blooming · healthy · warm · pinkish · roseate · incarnadine · rubicund
Deep vivid crimson
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- rubyPrecious red gemstone
- carmineDeep red from insects
vermilion · cherry · wine · claret · garnet · maroon · burgundy · cardinal
Feeling positive expectation
- confidentSure of oneself
- cheerfulPleasantly bright in mood
- positiveAffirming or certain
- upbeatCheerfully optimistic
buoyant · assured · bright · bullish · enthusiastic · expectant · promising · rosy
Easily provoked to anger
- phlegmaticUnemotionally calm, slow-reacting
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- HippocraticOf ancient medicine's founder
- humoralConcerning bodily fluids
personality · extroverted · sociable · charismatic · energetic · bold · assertive · impulsive
ruddy
Reddish in complexion
reddish · florid · blooming · healthy · warm · pinkish · roseate · incarnadine · rubicund · fresh-faced
blood-red
Deep vivid crimson
carmine · vermilion · cherry · wine · claret · garnet · maroon · burgundy · cardinal · cerise
hopeful
Feeling positive expectation
upbeat · buoyant · assured · bright · bullish · enthusiastic · expectant · promising · rosy · sunny
choleric
Easily provoked to anger
- phlegmaticUnemotionally calm, slow-reacting
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- HippocraticOf ancient medicine's founder
humoral · personality · extroverted · sociable · charismatic · energetic · bold · assertive · impulsive · hot-blooded
- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, traits, character
- art mediaacrylic, chalk, charcoal, crayon, gouache
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- deep redsburgundy, maroon, crimson, oxblood, garnet
- optimismoptimism, hope, positive thinking, positivity, hopeful
- personalitiesintrovert, optimist, extrovert, pessimist, idealist
sanguinepessimistic
Expecting negative outcomes
gloomy · hopeless · despairing · despondent · melancholy
sanguinemelancholic
Inclined toward reflective sorrow
phlegmatic · saturnine · choleric · bilious · splenetic
consanguinity, sanguinary, sanguinity, exsanguinate, sanguineness, sanguinely, exsanguination