saturnine meaning

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saturnine (adjective): bitter or scornful.

saturnine has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

saturnine as an adjective

  1. bitter or scornful
    • the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain

    Similar: sarcastic

  2. 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
    • a sour temper
    • a sullen crowd

    Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen

    Similar: ill-natured

Scrabble score: 9 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SA · words ending in NE · 9-letter words

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