Synonyms for sanguinary
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Bloody — consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood
bloody, gory, savage, barbarous, murderous, ferocious, pitiless, cruel, ruthless, blood-soaked, inhuman, fell, vicious, fierce, merciless, diabolic, barbaric, remorseless, sadistic, brutish, diabolical, grim
2. Bloody-minded — eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty
blood-thirsty, bloody-minded, truculent, slaughterous, butcherous
3. Sanguineous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
Passion […] makes us brutal and sanguinary.
- adj. 2
Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
- adj. 3
Involving bloodshed.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
Related words
- Word family
- sanguine sanguineous
- Phrases
- sanguinary ant
Example sentences
- bloody Tom was sitting at the bar drinking a Bloody Mary.
- savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
- gory I don't think really we want to know all the gory details.
- barbarous The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
By length
- 4 letters
- fell1, grim1, gory2
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 6 letters
- bloody2, savage2, fierce1
- 7 letters
- vicious2, inhuman3, brutish2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, barbaric3, sadistic3, pitiless3, diabolic
- 9 letters
- murderous3, ferocious3, merciless3, barbarous3, truculent3, butcherly
- 10 letters
- diabolical5, butcherous
- 11 letters
- remorseless3, sanguineous
- 12 letters
- slaughterous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gory2 = 2 syllables).