sanguinary
21sanguinary — I. a. 1. Bloody, murderous. 2. Cruel, blood thirsty, savage, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, fell, truculent. II. n. Blood root, bloodwort, red root (Sanguinaria Canadensis) …
22sanguinary — adj 1. bloody, gory, ensanguined, sanguine, sanguineous, sanguinolent; bloodshot, bloodstained, blood drenched, blood soaked, bloodied. 2. bloodthirsty, murderous, slaughterous, killing, cutthroat, homicidal, fell, grim, brutal, cold blooded;… …
23sanguinary — san·gui·nary …
24sanguinary — san•gui•nar•y [[t]ˈsæŋ gwəˌnɛr i[/t]] adj. 1) full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody 2) ready or eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty 3) composed of or marked with blood • Etymology: 1540–50; < L sanguinārius bloody. See sanguine, ary… …
25sanguinary — a. bloody; bloodthirsty; causing bloodshed. ♦ sanguinaceous, ♦ sanguine, a. hopeful; optimistic; blood red. ♦ sanguineous, a. bloody; pertaining to, containing or having blood; full blooded; blood red. ♦ sanguinolent, a. containing… …
26sanguinary — adj. 1 accompanied by or delighting in bloodshed. 2 bloody; bloodthirsty. 3 (of laws) inflicting death freely. Derivatives: sanguinarily adv. sanguinariness n. Etymology: L sanguinarius f. sanguis inis blood …
27sanguinary ant — noun slave making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere • Syn: ↑Formica sanguinea • Hypernyms: ↑slave making ant, ↑slave maker • Member Holonyms: ↑Formica, ↑genus Formica * * * …
28san|gui|nar|y — «SANG gwuh NEHR ee», adjective. 1. with much blood or bloodshed; bloody: »a sanguinary battle. We may not propagate Religion by wars or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences (Francis Bacon). 2. delighting in bloodshed; bloodthirsty: »a… …
29bloody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gory, sanguinary, bleeding; red. See killing. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showing blood] Syn. bleeding, bloodstained, blood spattered, gory, gaping, unstaunched, grisly, crimson, open, wounded,… …
30bloody — bloody, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous, gory are comparable when they mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood. Bloody may be used in place of any of the succeeding words, but it specifically and distinctively applies to that which… …
