saturnine meaning and definition

SATURNINE adjective

Definition of saturnine (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen