Sanguinolent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sanguinolent is an adjective meaning Containing or tinged with blood.
Meaning
Containing or tinged with blood.
Example Sentences
On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid.
When the desire to urinate manifests itself chiefly at night, with burning pains when urinating, or emission, drop by drop, of sanguinolent urine.
They are caused by an accumulation of blood or sanguinolent liquid inside the dental follicles, they may occur in the deciduous as well as permanent dentition.
He still walked about London with his dreams, but as months succeeded months and he left the year behind him they were dreams not so much of success as of revenge. Success seemed a colourless name for the reward of his patience; something fiercely florid, something sanguinolent was more to the point.
Synonyms for sanguinolent
Depending on context, synonyms include bloody.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sanguinary, sanguineous, sanguine, sanguifluous, sanguinaceous, bloodsome.
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