Friday, September 26, 2008

SANGUINE

cheerful, confident, optimistic

a blood red color

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
SYN - florid, rubicund, ruddy
ANT - pessimistic
"A fresh and sanguine complexion."

"He always enjoyed her presence when she was this sanguine."

"When she was sanguine, she could do anything, but when she would get dark, insecure, and pessimistic it was a struggle to get out of bed - this was the sinuous pattern of her life."

"She always had a sanguine outlook on life which - although willfully ignorant of the true horror and tragedy that was existence - made her great company."

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