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saturnine

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saturnine in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    dark  dour  glowering  glum  moody  morose  saturnine  sour  sullen 
  2. bitter or scornful
    "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
    saturnine 
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