saturnine

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saturnine Definition

• (s) bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
• (s) 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

saturnine Synonyms

• dark
• dour
• glowering
• glum
• moody
• morose
• saturnine
• sour
• sullen