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saturnine::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain.
Examples of saturnine
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Larry Creagan's John Little is a lumbering yet saturnine and reflective giant.
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Nobody in the world was able to intimidate the man with the saturnine, monobrowed glare.
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Like in Manila, a saturnine faced Man U fan singing we are the champions.
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Rupert Everett's saturnine Higgins strikes a note of rasping anger from which he scarcely shifts.
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And Annabel Scholey makes Lady Anne's capitulation to Richard's saturnine charms almost credible.
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The Southerners, flamboyant or saturnine, came from another age.
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He's a figure of saturnine power and towering comic skill.
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His piercing gray-green-blue eyes had lost none of their almost saturnine and withal melancholy expression.
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In his saturnine way, Mr Howard, for the first time in months, has looked as if he is enjoying himself.
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- Bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
- Dark: 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"
- Saturnine is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
- The Saturnine is a melodic melancholic rock band, originally formed in The Netherlands, but currently featuring musicians from The Netherlands, Germany and New York City.
- Of or born under Saturn's influence; containing lead, or suffering from lead poisoning (saturnia); cold and slow to change and reaction (refers to mood); gloomy, depressed, dull; sardonic, bitter, disdainful
- Characteristic of a person having a gloomy or forbidding appearance.
- Of a grave or morose disposition
- (adj) - gloomy; sluggish
