adjective
- excessively optimistic or confident; unrealistically hopeful
Usage: formal
Examples
- The CEO was oversanguine about the company’s prospects for rapid growth.
- Her oversanguine expectations led to disappointment when the project failed.
- Critics called the politician’s promises oversanguine and unrealistic.
- The investors were oversanguine about the startup’s potential for success.
- His oversanguine nature often blinded him to potential risks.
- The coach warned against being oversanguine before the championship game.