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Saturnine Moderate

Saturnine has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

bitter or scornful

"the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"

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"

"a sour temper"

"a sullen crowd"

3

Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.

Example Sentences
"the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain" adjective
"a dark scowl" adjective
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan" adjective
"a glum, hopeless shrug" adjective
"he sat in moody silence" adjective
"a morose and unsociable manner" adjective
"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius" adjective
"a sour temper" adjective
"a sullen crowd" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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