Definitions for saturnine

Definitions for (adj) saturnine

Main entry: dark, dour, glowering, glum, saturnine, sour, sullen, moody, morose

Definition: showing a brooding ill humor

Usage: 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


Main entry: saturnine

Definition: bitter or scornful

Usage: the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain- Oscar Wilde


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