sanguinary

san·gui·nar·y

 (săng′gwə-nĕr′ē)

adj.

1. Accompanied by bloodshed.

2. Eager for bloodshed; bloodthirsty.

3. Consisting of blood.

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[Latin sanguinārius, from sanguis, sanguin-, blood.]

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san′gui·nar′i·ly (-nâr′ə-lē) adv.

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sanguinary

(ˈsæŋɡwɪnərɪ)

adj

1. accompanied by much bloodshed

2. bloodthirsty

3. consisting of, flowing, or stained with blood

[C17: from Latin sanguinārius]

ˈsanguinarily adv

ˈsanguinariness n

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san•gui•nar•y

(ˈsæŋ gwəˌnɛr i)

adj.

1. full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody.

2. ready or eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.

3. composed of or marked with blood.

[1540–50; < Latin sanguinārius bloody. See sanguine, -ary]

san′gui•nar`i•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sanguinary - accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly, gory bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"
	2.	sanguinary - 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 bloodthirsty, bloody-minded bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"

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sanguinary

adjective

1. Attended by or causing bloodshed:

bloody, gory, sanguineous.

2. Eager for bloodshed:

bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, cutthroat, homicidal, murderous, sanguineous, slaughterous.

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Translations

crudelesanguinario

sanguinary

[ˈsæŋgwɪnərɪ] ADJ (frm)

1. (= bloodthirsty) → sanguinario

2. (= bloody) [battle] → sangriento

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sanguinary

adj (liter) battle → blutig; person → blutrünstig; expression etc → derb; sanguinary language (hum) → ˜ Fäkalsprache f

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