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sanguinary
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As an adjective, sanguinary means involving bloodshed. As a noun, it means a bloodthirsty person.
Meanings of sanguinary
6 meaningsadjective
of an eventInvolving bloodshed.
of a personEager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
“bloody-minded tyrants”
“bloodthirsty yells”
“went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood”
Similar: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded
noun
A bloodthirsty person.
The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for sanguinary →adjective: accompanied by bloodshed
adjective: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
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