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sanguinary meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of sanguinary at MeaningMonkey.org. sanguinary meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.SANGUINARY adjective
Definition of sanguinary (adjective)
- accompanied by bloodshed
- "this bitter and sanguinary war"
- synonyms: butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous
- 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
- synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded
Source: Princeton University Wordnet