saturnine

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adj.

1. Having the temperament of one born under the supposed astrological influence of Saturn.

a. Melancholy or sullen.

b. Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic: a saturnine expression on his face.

3. Produced by absorption of lead.

satur·ninely adv.

saturnine [ˈsætəˌnaɪn]

adj

1. having a gloomy temperament; taciturn

2. (Chemistry) Archaic

a. of or relating to lead

b. having or symptomatic of lead poisoning

[from French saturnin, from Medieval Latin sāturnīnus (unattested), from Latin Sāturnus Saturn, with reference to the gloomy influence attributed to the planet Saturn]

saturninely adv

saturninity [ˌsætəˈnɪnɪtɪ] n

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Adj.	1.	saturnine - bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	2.	saturnine - showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" glowering, moody, morose, sullen, glum, dour, dark, sour ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

saturnine

adjective gloomy, grave, sombre, dour, morose, glum, taciturn, phlegmatic, uncommunicative He is a saturnine man who speaks with precision and pedantic care.

Translations

saturnine [ˈsætənaɪn] ADJ → saturnino

saturnine [ˈsætə^rnaɪn] adj [looks, manner] → sévère

saturnine

adj (liter) → finster, düster

saturnine [ˈsætəˌnaɪn] adj (liter) → malinconico/a, taciturno/a

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-ine dark dour glowering glum jolly mirthful miserable Moody morose Saturnine colic sour sullen	Our readers will probably be divided in their opinions concerning this action; some may applaud it perhaps as an act of extraordinary humanity, while those of a more saturnine temper will consider it as a want of regard to that justice which every man owes his country. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Trumbull was to have the gold-headed cane and fifty pounds; the other second cousins and the cousins present were each to have the like handsome sum, which, as the saturnine cousin observed, was a sort of legacy that left a man nowhere; and there was much more of such offensive dribbling in favor of persons not present-- problematical, and, it was to be feared, low connections. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context He twisted his heavy mouth into a faint smile--he was one of those saturnine people who smile with the corners of the mouth down,-- and bowed his acknowledgment of my complaisance. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context	Satureia hortensis Satureia montana Satureja Satureja acinos Satureja calamintha glandulosa Satureja calamintha officinalis Satureja douglasii Satureja grandiflora Satureja hortensis Satureja montana Satureja nepeta Satureja vulgaris Saturity Saturn Saturn's rings saturnalia Saturnalian Saturnia Saturnia pavonia Saturnian Saturnian verse Saturnicentric saturniid saturniid moth Saturniidae saturnine Saturnine colic saturnism Saturnist Satyagraha satyagrahi Satyendra N. Bose Satyendra Nath Bose satyr satyr orchid satyr play satyriasis Satyric satyrical satyrid Satyridae Satyrion satyromania Sauba ant sauce sauce Albert sauce boat sauce chausseur sauce Espagnole sauce Louis sauce suprême	Saturnalia and christmas Saturnalia Roman Festival Saturnalian Saturnalian saturnalias saturnalias Saturnalicius Saturnalicius Saturni Saturnia Saturnia pavonia Saturnian Saturnian (disambiguation) Saturnian (poetry) Saturnian Verse saturnic saturnic Saturnicentric saturnicentric coordinates saturnigraphic coordinates saturniid saturniid moth saturniid moth Saturniidae Saturniidae saturniids Saturnin Saturnin Saturnin Saturnin saturnine Saturnine colic saturnine gout saturnine tremor saturninely saturninely saturninely saturninely Saturninus Saturninus of Arles Saturninus of Arles Saturninus, Lucius Appuleius Saturnioidea saturnism saturnism saturnism Saturnist SATURNS SATURNS SATURNS SATURNS Saturns rings Saturnus (planet) Saturnus (planet) Saturnus Personal Internet Navigator Saturometer Saturos Saturos SATV Satva Satva

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Our readers will probably be divided in their opinions concerning this action; some may applaud it perhaps as an act of extraordinary humanity, while those of a more saturnine temper will consider it as a want of regard to that justice which every man owes his country.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

Trumbull was to have the gold-headed cane and fifty pounds; the other second cousins and the cousins present were each to have the like handsome sum, which, as the saturnine cousin observed, was a sort of legacy that left a man nowhere; and there was much more of such offensive dribbling in favor of persons not present-- problematical, and, it was to be feared, low connections.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

He twisted his heavy mouth into a faint smile--he was one of those saturnine people who smile with the corners of the mouth down,-- and bowed his acknowledgment of my complaisance.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context

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