sanguineous
blood-red or containing blood
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- sanguin: blood
Other words with the sanguin root
- consanguineous: related by blood
- consanguinity: relationship by blood
- sanguinary: bloodthirsty or involving bloodshed
- sanguine: optimistic or cheerful
Sanguineous stays close to literal blood: blood-red or containing blood.
The old medical text described a sanguineous fluid.
Sanguineous keeps the blood family close to the surface. It is less emotional than sanguine and less violent than sanguinary: simply blood-colored or blood-containing.