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"

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

Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

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

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

Dull; gloomy; grave; heavy; as, a saturnine temper.

Relating to lead; due to or symptomatic of lead- poisoning.

Pertaining to lead. Gloomy; melancholy.

Grave: gloomy: phlegmatic:- because the astrologers said that those born under the planet Saturn were so disposed.

Grave; melancholy; dull.

Gloomy; morose; dull.

Pertaining to Saturn.

Supposed to be under the influence of Saturn; dull; heavy; phlegmatic; not easily susceptible of excitement.

Under the influence of the planet Saturn; dull; gloomy; not light and cheerful; phlegmatic.

When I told him that the A. A. G. up at G. H. Q. had, in a saturnine moment, answered my question as to when the war would end with a gloomy " Never," he was mightily pleased. – Leaves from a Field Note-Book by J. H. Morgan

After such black, sleepless hours he dragged himself from his battle- grounds of fancy, worn and weary, and the daylight discovered him more saturnine and moody, more menacing than ever. –  by

There was a great fire ever and cheerfully burning in the fireplace- and yet to this chamber of infantile innocence and comfort came the saturnine form of the Indian ghost. – Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

From Dompierre came a saturnine chuckle and from Madame Dompierre a titter that accompanied a grimace. – Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah

The old gentleman was of a saturnine turn, and inclined to undervalue the qualities of Mr. Perkins, which were idleness, simplicity, enthusiasm, and easy good- nature. – The Bedford-Row Conspiracy by William Makepeace Thackeray

He was short and thick, with a bald head and a large sagacious nose and a saturnine smile and a heavy moustache. – A Wanderer in Paris by E. V. Lucas

Not that there was anything austere or saturnine about Hugo. – Half Portions by Edna Ferber

Croker, pale and saturnine casting frowning glances here and there, went in alone. – Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman

Yes, Vaucheray, a saturnine spirit, full of bitterness and envy, an ambitious, unscrupulous, gloomy, crafty man, who had acquired a great empire over my son. – The Crystal Stopper by Maurice LeBlanc

" Mr. Carleton could not be better pleased than at such a tribute to his eloquence," said Mr. Thorn, with a saturnine expression. – Queechy, Volume II by Elizabeth Wetherell

He was followed by another rider, a lean, swarthy individual with a smooth- shaven, saturnine face. – The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White

He removed his overcoat and hat, throwing them over the back of a convenient chair, drew his fingers thoughtfully across his chin, and, standing at a little distance, regarded the girl with a shadow of a saturnine smile softening the hard line of his lips. – The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance

Sergeant Mackay- lean, bronzed, and saturnine when the humor seized him- now bent his grizzled head with keen gray eyes that twinkled as he chatted to the fresh- faced girl in the simple dress beside him. – The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss

We have, said Mr. Touris, and though he tried he could not keep the saturnine out of his voice- we have some things to talk over. – Foes by Mary Johnston

But although now, and for the brief remainder of Elizabeth's life, Raleigh was nominally in favour, the saturnine old woman had no longer any tenderness for her Captain of the Guard. – Raleigh by Edmund Gosse

Precious little information I was able to abstract at first from my saturnine visitors. – I Married a Ranger by Dama Margaret Smith

The troop was led by a great blue- faced old- man baboon with a remarkably saturnine expression. – The Settler and the Savage by R.M. Ballantyne

In addition to these notable captures the torpedo boat, Porter, took the Spanish schooner, Antonio, laden with sugar for Havana, and the revenue cutter, Winona, added the Spanish steamer Saturnine to the list. – Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White