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]

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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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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]

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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.

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

3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic]

Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)