sanguinary

Meaning

Adj

1. Involving bloodshed.
2. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
3. Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.

Noun

1. A bloodthirsty person.
2. The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).

Synonyms

bloody

🩸

bloodthirsty

sanguineous

murderous

gory

bloody-minded

slaughterous

butcherly

swearer

bearbaiting

common yarrow

thousand-leaf

nosebleed plant

thousand-seal

gordaldo

devil's nettle

old man's pepper

blasphemous

soldier's woundwort

bloodstained

cruel

hematic

internecine

milfoil

rare

red

Translations

sanguinaire

sanguinario

sanguinari

sanguinário

crudele

sangriento

🩸

homicida

blutdürstig

sanguinario

grausam

sanglant

🩸

αιματηρός

blutig

🩸

kana susamış

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sanguinarie

In summary

From Middle English sanguinarie, from Latin sanguinārius.