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.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche