- 1. a. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. Source: opted
- 2. a. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Source: opted
- 3. a. The yarrow. Source: opted
- 4. a. The Sanguinaria. Source: opted
- 5. adj. accompanied by bloodshed Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. Bacon. 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. Broome. (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria. Source: webster
- 8. j:100 s accompanied by bloodshed s marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed Source: ecdict
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