saturnine in English dictionary

  • saturnine

    Meanings and definitions of "saturnine"

    • of or born under Saturn's influence
    • containing lead, or suffering from lead poisoning (saturnia)
    • cold and slow to change and reaction (refers to mood)
    • sardonic, bitter, disdainful
    • adjective
      Of or born under Saturn's influence.
    • adjective
      Containing lead, or suffering from lead poisoning (saturnia).
    • adjective
      Having a tendency to be gloomy, bitter, and sarcastic; sullenly sardonic.
    • adjective
      Gloomy, depressed, dull.
    • adjective
      Cold and slow to change and react (refers to mood).
    • gloomy, depressed, dull
    • Moody and melancholic.
    • adjective
      bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
    • adjective
      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"

    Synonyms of "saturnine" in English dictionary

    ill-natured, sarcastic, sullen are the top synonyms of "saturnine" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of saturnine

    • saturnine ( comparative more saturnine, superlative most saturnine)
    • saturnine (comparative more saturnine, superlative most saturnine)
  • Saturnine

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