Saturnine

['sætənaɪn]

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

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(a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

(a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.

(a.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.

Checker: Steve

a. Dull, heavy, grave, sad, gloomy, sedate.

Edited by Glenn

SYN:Dull, heavy, grave, phlegmatic, gloomy, leaden, sombre

ANT:Jovial, gay, light-hearted, joyous, bright, merry

Checker: Mandy

He looked up at her with reproachful, saturnine eyes, vanquished in his extreme agedness of being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
It was not, however, so saturnine a pride! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
No less perfectly did it suit his saturnine better half. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Checker: Mandy