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Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.
Bhagat Singh

Meaning of "sanguinary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SANGUINARY

From Latin sanguinārius.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SANGUINARY

sanguinary  [ˈsæŋɡwɪnərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SANGUINARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sanguinary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SANGUINARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sanguinary in the English dictionary

The first definition of sanguinary in the dictionary is accompanied by much bloodshed. Other definition of sanguinary is bloodthirsty. Sanguinary is also consisting of, flowing, or stained with blood.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SANGUINARY


binary
ˈbaɪnərɪ
chicanery
ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ
culinary
ˈkʌlɪnərɪ
disciplinary
ˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ
genitourinary
ˌdʒɛnɪtəʊˈjʊərɪnərɪ
imaginary
ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ
interdisciplinary
ˌɪntəˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ
joinery
ˈdʒɔɪnərɪ
luminary
ˈluːmɪnərɪ
mercenary
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪ
millinery
ˈmɪlɪnərɪ
multidisciplinary
ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ
penguinery
ˈpeŋɡwɪnərɪ
pinery
ˈpaɪnərɪ
preliminary
prɪˈlɪmɪnərɪ
refinery
rɪˈfaɪnərɪ
seminary
ˈsɛmɪnərɪ
urinary
ˈjʊərɪnərɪ
veterinary
ˈvɛtərɪnərɪ
winery
ˈwaɪnərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SANGUINARY

sangria
sanguiferous
sanguification
sanguify
sanguinaria
sanguinarily
sanguinariness
sanguine
sanguinely
sanguineness
sanguineous
sanguineousness
sanguinity
sanguinivorous
sanguinolency
sanguinolent
sanguivorous

WORDS THAT END LIKE SANGUINARY

ambassador extraordinary
concubinary
cross-disciplinary
dictionary
duobinary
eclipsing binary
extraordinary
in ordinary
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
molendinary
multitudinary
nonbinary
ordinary
out of the ordinary
quinary
trinary
unextraordinary
unordinary
valetudinary
vicissitudinary
X-ray binary

Synonyms and antonyms of sanguinary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SANGUINARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sanguinary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sanguinary

Translation of «sanguinary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SANGUINARY

Find out the translation of sanguinary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sanguinary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sanguinary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

血腥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sanguinaria
570 millions of speakers

English

sanguinary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभिशप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدموية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кровавая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sanguinária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রক্তক্ষয়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sanglant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blutig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

流血の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잔인한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sanguinary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

da man
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரத்த வெறி கொண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तरंजित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sanguinario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krwawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кривава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sângeros
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιματηρές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloedig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sanguinary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sanguinary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sanguinary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SANGUINARY»

The term «sanguinary» is normally little used and occupies the 123.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SANGUINARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sanguinary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sanguinary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sanguinary

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QUOTES WITH «SANGUINARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sanguinary.
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Bhagat Singh
Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANGUINARY»

Discover the use of sanguinary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sanguinary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The London Monster: A Sanguinary Tale
Drawing on contemporary evidence and reinterpreting Monster mania in the light of historical and modern instances of mass hysteria, Jan Bondeson recounts with dry wit a tale that occupies a unique place in criminal history and imagination.
Jan Bondeson, 2009
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Battle of Waterloo; or, Correct narrative of the late ...
{17,13, 0', on, ' CORRECT NARRATIVE. pr THE LATE SANGUINARY CONFLICT ON THE 35mins nf waterluu z' EXHIBITING A MINUTE DETAIL OF ALL THE MILITARY OPERATIONS 01'' THE 0 HEROES WHO SIGNALIZED THEMSELVES  ...
William A. SCOTT (Lieut.-General.), 1815
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Punishment and Political Order
It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind. — Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man The opinion rendered by Justice Kennedy in Roper v. Simmons on March i, 2005, that finds capital punishment for crimes committed while the ...
Keally D. McBride, 2007
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The Goldcamp Vampire, Or the Sanguinary Sourdough
During a trip to the Yukon in the midst of the Gold Rush to visit her late father's ex-mistress, Valentine Lovelace encounters Vasily Vladovitch Bledinoff, a suave vampire
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, 1987
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Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes North of the White Mountains ...
Location: Dixville, NH Distance: 8-plus-mile loop hike Difficulty: Easy to moderate , but lengthy once you reach the trail high on Mt. Sanguinary Trailhead: 44°51' 51.38'N, 71°18'11.05'W GETTING THERE Travel eastbound 11 miles from ...
Kim Nilsen, 2012
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Melbourne Punch
It was worded thus : — " 1 was a-sittin on the box, Vhen one of the sanguinary wheelers kicked over the sanguinary traces ; and the coachmau, like a sanguinary fool, pulls 'em up so sanguinary sharp, that the sanguinary 'bus backed on to a ...
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Bloody. Sanguinary. Bloodthirsty. Bloody is primarily purely physical, and means having blood in great quantities, and unduly, or, more commonly, covered or stained with blood. A bloody coat is a coat stained with blood ; bloody deeds involve ...
‎1871
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Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers
SANGUINARY. ANTS. Abraham Lincoln notwithstanding, slavery remains a " peculiar institution" today in ant societies all over the world, even in the purported Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. Perhaps best known of the slavemaking  ...
May Berenbaum, 1993
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Crabb's English Synonymes
To hallow a place or object is to consecrate or set it apart for a sacred purpose. SANCTION. See Countenance; Uphold. SANCTITY. See Holiness. SANE. See Sound. SANGUINARY, Bloody, Bloodthirsty. Sanguinary, from sanguis, is employed ...
George Crabb, 1917
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order with ...
SANGUINARY, from sanguis, is employed both in the sense of BLOODY, or having blood, and BLOOD-THIRSTY, or thirsting after blood: sanguinary, in the first case, relates only to blood shed, as a sanguinaru engagement, or a sanguinary ...
George Crabb, 1879

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANGUINARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sanguinary is used in the context of the following news items.
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WWI ARGUS ARCHIVE: Severe fighting in the West
Is this attack by the few men forming a platoon, with the subsequent retirement, the repulse with sanguinary loss spoken of in the German communiqué? «South Wales Argus, Jul 15»
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Alastor Sanguinary Embryo lanza impetuoso segundo álbum
La banda costarricense de black metal Alastor Sanguinary Embryo lanzó a finales de abril For Satan and the Ruin of the Divine , su segundo disco, disponible ... «La Nación Costa Rica, Jun 15»
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Balochistan: Sanguinary Faultlines
In another act of targeting settlers from outside Balochistan, Baloch insurgents shot dead 22 Pashtuns on May 29, 2015, all of them daily wagers and labourers, ... «New Kerala, Jun 15»
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Could Iran Yet Unleash A General Armed Assault Along the Borders …
Iran effectively dominates the Shiite 60 per cent of Iraq, reducing the great American nation-building effort there to a sanguinary fiasco, and is asserting a very ... «New York Sun, Feb 15»
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Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas review …
This fondness is matched by his disgust at the sanguinary behaviour of his fellow Christians. Eventually, one lucky break after another, he finds himself leading a ... «Daily Review, Feb 15»
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Village People
America is a nation of immigrants whose national identity depends not on sanguinary particularity but on universally applicable (even if at times inconsistently ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
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Islam, Religious Dogmatism and Terrorism
Christians have had as sanguinary a history as Muslims. In terms of barbarity, the notorious St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris (resulting in the slaughter ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
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Audiences See Red at 'Tamburlaine' and Other Plays
In telling Christopher Marlowe's sanguinary tale of the warrior Tamburlaine, first performed in 1587, Mr. Boyd doesn't take a naturalistic approach. Blood tossed ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
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Interview with a vampire king
South said there are three types of vampires: sanguinary, energy and sexual. A sanguinary vampire is one who drinks blood to nourish physical needs. «The Ranger, Oct 14»
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HRCP condemns 'sanguinary' Model Town mayhem
“An inquiry has been launched into the sanguinary incident. It must fix responsibility without fear or favour and, unlike the past practice, its findings must be made ... «Daily Times, Jun 14»

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