3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Saturnine \Sat"ur*nine\, a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See {Saturn}.] 1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn. [1913 Webster] 2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of {mercurial}; as, a saturnine person or temper. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] {Saturnine colic} (Med.), lead colic. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: saturnine adj 1: bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde 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"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: {dark}, {dour}, {glowering}, {glum}, {moody}, {morose}, {sour}, {sullen}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 34 Moby Thesaurus words for "saturnine": black, bleak, crabbed, dark, dismal, dour, drear, drearisome, dreary, funebrial, funereal, gloomy, glum, grave, gray, grim, moping, morose, reserved, serious, silent, solemn, somber, sombrous, staid, sulky, surly, taciturn, triste, ugly, uncommunicative, weariful, wearisome, weary
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