saturnine
a . 沉默寡言的,阴沉的,感染铅毒的
沈默寡言的,阴沈的,感染铅毒的
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 " [
synonym : {
dark },
{
dour }, {
glowering }, {
glum }, {
moody }, {
morose }, {
saturnine },
{
sour }, {
sullen }]
Saturnine \
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Heavy ;
grave ;
gloomy ;
dull ; --
the opposite of {
mercurial };
as ,
a saturnine person or temper . --
Addison .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Old Chem .)
Of or pertaining to lead ;
characterized by ,
or resembling ,
lead ,
which was formerly called Saturn .
[
Archaic ]
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1913 Webster ]
{
Saturnine colic } (
Med .),
lead colic .
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1913 Webster ]
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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