What is another word for Ensanguine?

Pronunciation: [ɛnsˈaŋɡwa͡ɪn] (IPA)

Ensanguine is an uncommon verb meaning to stain or cover with blood. Synonyms for this word include bloodstain, bloody, crimson, gore, redden, and soak. Other words that can be used in its place include blood-soaked, blood-spattered, bloody-red, and sanguinary. Ensanguine is generally used in relation to something violent or brutal, like a murder scene, and is often used to describe books or movies with graphic violence. Because of its graphic nature, many synonyms used in its place are similarly violent and descriptive, making it a challenging word to find a direct replacement for.

What are the hypernyms for Ensanguine?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Ensanguine

While Peleus aids his brother chief to rise, The beauteous Atalanta to the string Fits the swift dart, and from the bended bow Speeds it; the arrow, fixt beneath his ear, Razes the monster's skin, and drops of blood His bristly neck Ensanguine.
"The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II"
Ovid
Do you rise from the hospitable board to which as one of three of the Campanians you have been admitted by Hannibal, that you may Ensanguine that very board with the blood of your host.
"The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six"
Titus Livius

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