saturnine
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1. saturnine - Adjective
2. saturnine - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
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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