Vocabulary
Sanguine
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
Urdu meaning
پراعتماد، پرعزم
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Others, more sanguine, like myself, see in it the first glimmer of order in a space untouched for years.
- While details are awaited about the extent of damage from the so-called bunker-buster ammunition dropped on the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities, Iranian officials seem sanguine the damage is minimal.
- Be sanguine that the pointless flare-up wasn`t triggered by some four mysterious hate-mongers who showed up to kill innocent men in Pahalgam only to disappear without trace (as yet) in one of the world`s most militarised and policed places.
- Worse, it remains sanguine about the supremacy of nuclear fission and gunpowder as protection against the oncoming calamity.
- Since Nehru fired his finance minister over allegations of corruption, levelled by his own son-in-law, the public was sanguine about the government`s probity.
Synonyms
optimistic, bullish, hopeful, buoyant, positive, confident, cheerful, cheery
Antonyms
pessimistic, gloomy
Curator example
“he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy”
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