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sanguinary
/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri/

sanguinary

🇺🇸 American English
/ˈsæŋɡwəˌnɛri/
🇬🇧 British English
/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri/
🇷🇺 Russian
[krɐˈvavɨj]
Meaning of sanguinary

involving much blood or violence

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Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri/
CEFRC2
How important is this wordvery rare word
sanguinary

When to use sanguinary

sanguinary battle

кровавая битва

sanguinary conflict

кровавый конфликт

sanguinary violence

кровавое насилие

sanguinary scene

кровавая сцена

sanguinary history

кровавая история

sanguinary usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Фильм заканчивается кровавой битвой.

The film ends with a sanguinary battle.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Они назвали нападение кровавым и жестоким.

They described the attack as sanguinary and brutal.

Similar words

sanguinary

кровавый — involving much blood or violence

bloody

can mean involving blood, but also used as an intensifier in informal speech

bloodstained

describes visible blood marks or stains rather than violence itself

murderous

more focused on intent or tendency to kill, or on extreme violence

brutal

focuses more on cruelty, harshness, and lack of pity than on blood itself

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sanguinaryкровавый
choppedрубленый
cookedприготовленный
frozenзамороженный
rawсырой
saltyсолёный
slicedнарезанный ломтиками

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What's the difference between sanguinary / bloody / bloodstained / murderous / brutal

🇬🇧English
sanguinary

кровавый — involving much blood or violence

C2Very Rarely

The film ends with a sanguinary battle.

Фильм заканчивается кровавой битвой.

B
🇬🇧English
bloody

can mean involving blood, but also used as an intensifier in informal speech

B2Very Often

The crime scene was bloody and chaotic.

Место преступления было кровавым и хаотичным.

B
🇬🇧English
bloodstained

describes visible blood marks or stains rather than violence itself

C2Often

The detective found a bloodstained knife.

Детектив нашёл нож в пятнах крови.

M
🇬🇧English
murderous

more focused on intent or tendency to kill, or on extreme violence

C2Often

He gave her a murderous look.

Он бросил на неё убийственный взгляд.

B
🇬🇧English
brutal

focuses more on cruelty, harshness, and lack of pity than on blood itself

C2Very Often

The prisoners were subjected to brutal treatment.

Пленных подвергали жестокому обращению.

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sanguinary translation: кровавый. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce sanguinary

/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri/

sanguinary translation

кровавый

sanguinary examples

The film ends with a sanguinary battle.

sanguinary transcription

/ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri/, /ˈsæŋɡwəˌnɛri/

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sanguinary meaning: what does it mean?

involving much blood or violence

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sanguinary is pronounced as /ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

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The film ends with a sanguinary battle. Translation: Фильм заканчивается кровавой битвой.

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