Sanguinary

Quick meaning: Sanguinary is an adjective meaning (of an event) Involving bloodshed.

Meaning

(of an event) Involving bloodshed.

More Meanings

1. (of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
2. Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
3. A bloodthirsty person.
4. The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).

Example Sentences

Passion […] makes us brutal and sanguinary.

We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.

"The defence set up for Mahomet is equally availing for every sanguinary and revengeful tyrant; […]"

"[…] every one of which took its rise from some noble family that succeeded in grasping the purple after a sanguinary struggle."

Word Forms

• sanguinaries

Synonyms for sanguinary

Depending on context, synonyms include bloody, gory, bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, butcherous, slaughterous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sanguineous, bloody, bloody-minded, gory, bloodthirsty, butcherly.

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