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SATURNINE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing a brooding ill humor
Example:
a sullen crowd
Synonyms:
dark; dour; glowering; glum; moody; morose; saturnine; sour; sullen
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bitter or scornful
Example:
the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain
Classified under:
Similar:
sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)
