English adjective: saturnine | |||
1. | saturnine bitter or scornful | ||
Samples | The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain. | ||
Similar | sarcastic | ||
Antonyms | unsarcastic | ||
2. | saturnine showing a brooding ill humor | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen | ||
Similar | ill-natured | ||
Antonyms | good-natured | ||