saturnine

sat·ur·nine  (str-nn)

adj.

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

2.

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.

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satur·ninely adv.

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saturnine

Adjective

having a gloomy temperament or appearance [Latin Saturnus Saturn, from the gloomy influence attributed to the planet]

Thesaurus

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