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    saturnine - Dictionary definition and meaning for word saturnine

    Definition
    (adj) bitter or scornful
    Example Sentence
    • the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain
    Definition
    (adj) showing a brooding ill humor
    Synonyms : dark , dour , glowering , glum , moody , morose , sour , sullen
    Example Sentence
    • 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
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for saturnine

Saturn = Shani, Shani = makes wrong things happen in one's life (astronomically) so meaning = gloomy, unhappy, morose.Just remember saturns rings-->glommy,dull,faroff planet .

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If you are a party freak and At Nine of Saturday Night if you are still at home..then you will be gloomy! So from this we can get SATURday NINE!

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nine rings of Saturn considered gloomy

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The planet Saturn was believed to be made of LEAD. SATURNINE is the depression associated with lead poisoning.

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saturnine = satur( satru means enemy) + nine ; Those ppl who have nine enemy is always bad doing wrong things remains unhappy & attack by other right ppl.

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SATURNINE or SULLEN - someone having a gloomy temperament.

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