sanguineous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite accompanied by bloodshed
    gory; sanguinary; slaughterous; butcherly.
    • this bitter and sanguinary war

WordNet

San*guin"e*ous adjective
Etymology
L. sanguineus. See Sanguine.
Definitions
  1. Abounding with blood; sanguine.
  2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. Sir T. Browne.
  3. Blood-red; crimson. Keats.

Webster 1913