Associations to the word «Sanguinary»

Wiktionary

SANGUINARY, adjective. (of an event) Attended with bloodshed.
SANGUINARY, adjective. (of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
SANGUINARY, adjective. (of an object) Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
SANGUINARY, noun. A bloodthirsty person.
SANGUINARY, noun. The plant yarrow, or herba sanguinaria.

Dictionary definition

SANGUINARY, adjective. Accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war".
SANGUINARY, adjective. 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"-G.W.Johnson.

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