oversanguine
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 12
/əʊvəˈsaŋɡwɪn/
(UK)
Definition of oversanguine
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Too sanguine; overconfident, too disposed to hopes of success.
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From over- + sanguine.
Words you can make from oversanguine
200+ playable · top: OVERUSING (13 pts)
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8 words8-letter words
57 words- AVENGERS 12 pts
- ENGRAVES 12 pts
- ENVISAGE 12 pts
- EVENINGS 12 pts
- EVENSONG 12 pts
- GRIEVOUS 12 pts
- NERVINGS 12 pts
- OVERAGES 12 pts
- RAVENING 12 pts
- SAVORING 12 pts
- SEVERING 12 pts
- VIGNERON 12 pts
- VINEGARS 12 pts
- VIRAGOES 12 pts
- AVERSION 11 pts
- ENVIRONS 11 pts
- EVERSION 11 pts
- INNERVES 11 pts
- NERVINES 11 pts
- RAVENOUS 11 pts
- SOUVENIR 11 pts
- UNIVERSE 11 pts
- UNNERVES 11 pts
- AGINNERS 9 pts
- ANERGIES 9 pts
- ANGINOSE 9 pts
- ANGINOUS 9 pts
- AROUSING 9 pts
- EARNINGS 9 pts
- ENGINOUS 9 pts
- ENGRAINS 9 pts
- ENSURING 9 pts
- ERINGOES 9 pts
- EUGENIAS 9 pts
- GENEROUS 9 pts
- GESNERIA 9 pts
- GRANNIES 9 pts
- GRUNIONS 9 pts
- GUANINES 9 pts
- GUNNERAS 9 pts
- INGENUES 9 pts
- NEGRONIS 9 pts
- NONSUGAR 9 pts
- ORGANISE 9 pts
- SANGUINE 9 pts
- SEIGNEUR 9 pts
- SNEERING 9 pts
- UNSEEING 9 pts
- ANEURINS 8 pts
- ANSERINE 8 pts
- NEURINES 8 pts
- NEURONES 8 pts
- NONARIES 8 pts
- RAISONNE 8 pts
- REUNIONS 8 pts
- UNEASIER 8 pts
- UNREASON 8 pts
7-letter words
134 words- AVENGER 11 pts
- AVENGES 11 pts
- ENGRAVE 11 pts
- EVENING 11 pts
- GENEVAS 11 pts
- GOVERNS 11 pts
- GRAVIES 11 pts
- GREAVES 11 pts
- GRIEVES 11 pts
- NERVING 11 pts
- OVERAGE 11 pts
- OVERING 11 pts
- RAVINGS 11 pts
- REAVING 11 pts
- REEVING 11 pts
- REGIVEN 11 pts
- REGIVES 11 pts
- RIVAGES 11 pts
- ROVINGS 11 pts
- SERVING 11 pts
- SEVRUGA 11 pts
- VEERING 11 pts
- VERSING 11 pts
- AVENUES 10 pts
- ENVIERS 10 pts
- ENVIOUS 10 pts
- ENVIRON 10 pts
- ENVIROS 10 pts
- EROSIVE 10 pts
- EVASION 10 pts
- INNERVE 10 pts
- INVERSE 10 pts
- NERVINE 10 pts
- NERVOUS 10 pts
- NIVEOUS 10 pts
- NOVENAE 10 pts
- NOVENAS 10 pts
- OEUVRES 10 pts
- OVARIES 10 pts
- OVERSEA 10 pts
- OVERUSE 10 pts
- RAVINES 10 pts
- RENVOIS 10 pts
- SAVIOUR 10 pts
- UNNERVE 10 pts
- UNROVEN 10 pts
- VANNERS 10 pts
- VARIOUS 10 pts
- VEINERS 10 pts
- VEINOUS 10 pts
- VENINES 10 pts
- VENIRES 10 pts
- VENISON 10 pts
- VERSINE 10 pts
- VERSION 10 pts
- AERUGOS 8 pts
- AGINNER 8 pts
- AGONIES 8 pts
- AGONISE 8 pts
- ANGUINE 8 pts
- EARINGS 8 pts
- EARNING 8 pts
- ENGINES 8 pts
- ENGRAIN 8 pts
- ENRAGES 8 pts
- ENSUING 8 pts
- ENURING 8 pts
- ERASING 8 pts
- ERINGOS 8 pts
- EUGENIA 8 pts
- GAINERS 8 pts
- GENOISE 8 pts
- GENUINE 8 pts
- GIAOURS 8 pts
- GINNERS 8 pts
- GRANNIE 8 pts
- GREISEN 8 pts
- GRUNION 8 pts
- GUANINE 8 pts
- GUANINS 8 pts
- GUENONS 8 pts
- GUINEAS 8 pts
- GUNNERA 8 pts
- GUNNERS 8 pts
- GUNNIES 8 pts
- IGNEOUS 8 pts
- IGNORES 8 pts
- INGENUE 8 pts
- INNAGES 8 pts
- NEARING 8 pts
- NEGRONI 8 pts
- NONAGES 8 pts
- NURSING 8 pts
- ONAGERS 8 pts
- ORANGES 8 pts
- ORIGANS 8 pts
- OURANGS 8 pts
- REAGINS 8 pts
- REGAINS 8 pts
- REGINAE 8 pts
- REGINAS 8 pts
- REGIONS 8 pts
- REUSING 8 pts
- ROUSING 8 pts
- SEARING 8 pts
- SERINGA 8 pts
- SIGNORA 8 pts
- SIGNORE 8 pts
- SNARING 8 pts
- SNORING 8 pts
- SOARING 8 pts
- SOIGNEE 8 pts
- SORNING 8 pts
- SOURING 8 pts
- SURGEON 8 pts
- UNEAGER 8 pts
- UNGREEN 8 pts
- AENEOUS 7 pts
- ANEURIN 7 pts
- ARENOSE 7 pts
- ARENOUS 7 pts
- ENSNARE 7 pts
- ERASION 7 pts
- INSANER 7 pts
- INSNARE 7 pts
- NEURINE 7 pts
- NEURONE 7 pts
- NEURONS 7 pts
- NONUSER 7 pts
- RENNASE 7 pts
- REUNION 7 pts
- SUNNIER 7 pts
- UNRISEN 7 pts
- URINOSE 7 pts
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