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sanguinary

adjective

san·​gui·​nary ˈsaŋ-gwə-ˌner-ē How to pronounce sanguinary (audio)
1
: bloodthirsty, murderous
sanguinary hatred
2
: attended by bloodshed : bloody
this bitter and sanguinary war T. H. D. Mahoney
3
: consisting of blood
a sanguinary stream
sanguinarily adverb
Choose the Right Synonym for sanguinary

bloody, sanguinary, gory mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood.

bloody is applied especially to things that are actually covered with blood or are made up of blood.

bloody hands

sanguinary applies especially to something attended by, or someone inclined to, bloodshed.

the Civil War was America's most sanguinary conflict

gory suggests a profusion of blood and slaughter.

exceptionally gory, even for a horror movie

Example Sentences

a movie so sanguinary that I covered my eyes during at least half of it
Recent Examples on the Web To be categorically clear, there cannot be any moral equivalency between a monstrous and sanguinary apostle of death like Al-Zawahiri and the supreme champion of free speech, Salman Rushdie. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Except, of course, there have been a great many more mass shootings, adding Atlanta; Orlando, Fla.; Las Vegas; El Paso; Pittsburgh; Boulder, Colo.; Parkland, Fla.; and many other cities, large and small, to the sanguinary toll. Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022 Though set in the far future and rendered in gorgeous 2-D by Madhouse Studios, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust feels ancient, like an old, sanguinary myth made new. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2021 But for those hoping to slake their bloodlust a little sooner, there’s a whole world of sanguinary anime — with and without vampires — out there just waiting for viewers to sink their teeth into. John Maher, Vulture, 4 June 2021 The details of that latest outrage bore all the markings of the sanguinary and absurd cycle of racist police violence. Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 7 May 2021 The sanguinary stream in the tapestry may refer to the strife that drove Moufarrege’s family from both Alexandria and Beirut, as the papyrus and the tile pattern would suggest. New York Times, 19 May 2020 The red flag of the revolutionist in Lower California floats from the mast of the Mexican custom house in the Mexican town, the result of by far the most desperate and sanguinary battle yet fought on the Mexican peninsula. sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2018 But even a cursory glance at the news that emanates from the Buddhist world reveals a more sanguinary state of affairs. Amar Diwakar, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin sanguinarius, from sanguin-, sanguis blood

First Known Use

circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sanguinary was circa 1623
BNC: 48323 COCA: 41152

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