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Meaning of oversanguine | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

/əʊvəˈsaŋɡwɪn/

Definitions

Too sanguine; overconfident, too disposed to hopes of success.

Examples

“So when the Elizabethan bishop, Edwin Sanders, claimed that ‘the gospel hath chased away walking spirits’, he was over-sanguine.”

“In that respect the popular clamor for "smashing" the rebels was based on sound if oversanguine instinct.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

oversated oversaturated oversaucy overscale overscaled overscattered