Definition of Saturnine in English :

Define Saturnine in English

Saturnine meaning in English

Meaning of Saturnine in English

Pronunciation of Saturnine in English

Saturnine pronunciation in English

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Saturnine

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Adjective

1. saturnine

bitter or scornful

Example Sentences:
'the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain'

2. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

showing a brooding ill humor

Example Sentences:
'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'
'a sour temper'
'a sullen crowd'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Saturnine

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adjective
1. 
having a gloomy temperament; taciturn
2. archaic
a. 
of or relating to lead
b. 
having or symptomatic of lead poisoning

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Saturnine

see synonyms of saturnine
adjective
1.  Astrology
born under the influence of the planet Saturn
2. 
sluggish, morose, or taciturn
3. 
having lead poisoning

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Saturnine

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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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