sanguineness

noun

Definition of sanguinenessnext
1
as in barbarousness

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2
as in reddishness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanguineness
  1. redness
  2. cruelty
  3. brightness
  4. glow
  5. bloodlust
  6. brilliance
  7. savagery
  8. inhumanity
Noun
  • Symptoms include eye redness, flu-like symptoms, feeling feverish, cough and sore throat, as well as a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headaches, fatigue and shortness of breath.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, niacinamide helps reduce redness and minimizes the appearance of enlarged pores, with glycerin locking in moisture.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of redness
Noun
  • His father, Colin Gray, is facing 29 charges — including two counts of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children — related to the shooting at his son’s high school.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Patole's words can feel shocking to those in the West, where the conversation about eating meat revolves around ethics: the cruelty of animal slaughter and the environmental cost of raising animals for meat.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of cruelty
Noun
  • The planet and star will be at almost equal brightness and their color contrast will be striking.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the eclipse ends as the moon returns to normal brightness at 4:47 a.m.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • Will their grudge glow brighter than a menorah, or will sparks fly this season of light?
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • For best results, wear overnight and wake up to a radiant glow.
    Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of glow
Noun
  • Only evildoers proven guilty of murder were acceptable game to satisfy Dexter's bloodlust.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This narrative represents Millennial Hollywood at its most opportunistic, trading social-justice platitudes for bloodlust.
    Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of bloodlust
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  • Anderson has also added to the creativity and brilliance of Gibbs-White, with similar, invaluable attributes.
    Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • With his unmatched charisma and comedic brilliance, Toad is destined to be the funniest movie ever.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of brilliance
Noun
  • Hamas’s savagery was backed by an aggressive Iran that is supported by the authoritarian axis; as such, October 7 was a direct assault on the free world.
    Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The point of all that money, like of the attack on Porter, has been to draw attention to Silicon Valley’s financial might—and to prove that its leaders are capable of political savagery in order to protect their interests.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of savagery
Noun
  • Nonetheless, the authorities have responded by instigating fear and treating citizens with inhumanity.
    Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Throughout his diary, excerpts of which we are honored to share today with our readers, Navalny writes with a fierce moral clarity about the inhumanity of Vladimir Putin’s regime, and about the power of its opposite force—the humanity of his fellow-countrymen.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of inhumanity
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