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 Definition of 'saturnine'

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Definitions of 'saturnine'  

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

2. (adj) darkdourgloweringglummoodymorosesaturninesoursullen
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"; "a sullen crowd"


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