Buoyant vs. Sanguine

Buoyantadjective

having buoyancy; able to float

Buoyantadjective

lighthearted and lively

Buoyantadjective

Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.

Buoyantadjective

Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.

Buoyantadjective

Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.

Buoyantadjective

tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas;

Buoyantadjective

characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness;

Buoyantadjective

able or tending to keep afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

Buoyantadjective

(of a liquid or gas) able to keep something afloat

Buoyantadjective

cheerful and optimistic

Buoyantadjective

(of an economy, business, or market) involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity

Sanguineadjective

Having the colour of blood; blood red.

Sanguineadjective

Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.

Sanguineadjective

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.

Sanguineadjective

Warm; ardent.

Sanguineadjective

Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.

Sanguineadjective

Full of blood; bloody.

Sanguineadjective

Bloodthirsty.

Sanguinenoun

Blood colour; red.

Sanguinenoun

Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.

Sanguinenoun

(tincture) A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).

Sanguinenoun

Bloodstone.

Sanguinenoun

Red crayon.

Sanguineverb

To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.

Sanguineadjective

Having the color of blood; red.

Sanguineadjective

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

Sanguineadjective

Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

Sanguineadjective

Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition.

Sanguinenoun

Blood color; red.

Sanguinenoun

Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.

Sanguinenoun

Bloodstone.

Sanguinenoun

Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

Sanguineverb

To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Sanguineadjective

confidently optimistic and cheerful

Sanguineadjective

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life;

Sanguineadjective

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Sanguineadjective

(in medieval science and medicine) of or having the constitution associated with the predominance of blood among the bodily humours, supposedly marked by a ruddy complexion and an optimistic disposition.

Sanguineadjective

(of the complexion) florid or ruddy.

Sanguineadjective

blood-red.

Sanguineadjective

bloody or bloodthirsty.

Sanguinenoun

a blood-red colour.

Sanguinenoun

a deep red-brown crayon or pencil containing iron oxide.

Sanguinenoun

a blood-red stain used in blazoning.

Sanguine

Sanguine () or red chalk is chalk of a reddish-brown colour, so called because it resembles the colour of dried blood. It has been popular for centuries for drawing (where white chalk only works on coloured paper).