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Sanguine

Having the color of blood; red.

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Healthy 84% connected

Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Healthy 84% connected

Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Optimistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Optimistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Red 76% connected

. imp. & p. p. of Read.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Redness 76% connected

The quality or state of being red; red color.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sanguineness 74% connected

The quality of being sanguine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sanguineness 74% connected

The quality of being sanguine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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sanguinity 74% connected

The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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sanguinity 74% connected

The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Florid 92% connected

Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rubicund 92% connected

Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ruddy 92% connected

Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sanguineous 92% connected

Abounding with blood; sanguine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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