sanguine
How many syllables in sanguine?
There are 2 syllables in the word sanguine.How to pronounce sanguine:
Synonyms for sanguine:
aggressive
assured
bloodthirsty
bloody
bloody-minded
brutal
buoyant
cheerful
confident
contentious
cruel
ferocious
fierce
healthy
homicidal
hopeful
hostile
in good heart
murdering
murderous
optimistic
rubicund
ruddy
ruthless
sanguinary
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Antonyms for sanguine:
ailing
anaemic
anemic
as white as a ghost
as white as a sheet
ashen
ashen-faced
ashy
awful
bad
barren
below par
blanched
bloodless
cadaverous
colorless
colourless
corpse-like
crook
crummy
deathly pale
declining
doughy
down
drained
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- outwit
- cloying
- snuggles
- instill
- immense
- enthrone
- skillful
- heartache
- derive
- hollered
- angsty
- withstood
- biding
- joyful
- arrayed
- allay
- Dias
- daren't
- zephyr
- reddened
- chagrin
- stymie
- scathing
- elapsed
- prompted
- hugged
- orchid
- condone
- reacquaint
- prevailed
- distressed
- disrobed
- fleeting
- rafflesia
- tatter
- rending
- frightful
- nodded
- mangey
- ticked
- obscured
- peba
- heroic
- farthest
- senseless
- opposed
- hampered
- endear
- behoove
- athirst
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In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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