sanguinary meaning

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sanguinary (adjective): accompanied by bloodshed.

sanguinary has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

sanguinary as an adjective

  1. accompanied by bloodshed
    • this bitter and sanguinary war

    Synonyms: gory, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly

    Similar: bloody

  2. 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

    Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded

    Similar: bloody

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SA · words ending in RY · 10-letter words

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