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Sanguinary Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Sanguinary has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A bloodthirsty person.

Adjective
1

accompanied by bloodshed

"this bitter and sanguinary war"

2

marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed

"bloody-minded tyrants"

"bloodthirsty yells"

"went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"

3

Involving bloodshed.

Example Sentences
"this bitter and sanguinary war" adjective
"bloody-minded tyrants" adjective
"bloodthirsty yells" adjective
"went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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