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Synonyms for "saturnine" in English

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saturnine:
- sour; moody; dark; sullen; glum; dour; morose; glowering; saturnine

English

Detailed Synonyms for saturnine in English

saturnine:

saturnine adj

saturnine

– showing a brooding ill humor ¹
sour; moody; dark; sullen; glum; dour; morose; glowering; saturnine
– showing a brooding ill humor ¹
- sour adj
  - a sour temper¹
- moody adj
  - he sat in moody silence¹
- dark adj
  - a dark scowl¹
- sullen adj
  - a sullen crowd¹
- glum adj
  - a glum, hopeless shrug¹
- dour adj
  - the proverbially dour New England Puritan¹
- morose adj
  - a morose and unsociable manner¹
- glowering adj
- saturnine adj
  - a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius¹
saturnine

– bitter or scornful ¹
saturnine
– bitter or scornful ¹
- saturnine adj
  - the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain¹

Alternate Synonyms for "saturnine":

sarcastic
dark; dour; glowering; glum; moody; morose; sour; sullen; ill-natured

Related Definitions for "saturnine":

showing a brooding ill humor¹
- a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius¹
bitter or scornful¹
- the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University