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saturnine |
Overview of adj saturnine The adj saturnine has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. saturnine -- (bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde) 2. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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") Antonyms of adj saturnine 2 senses of saturnine Sense 1 saturnine INDIRECT (VIA sarcastic) -> unsarcastic Sense 2 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured Similarity of adj saturnine 2 senses of saturnine Sense 1 saturnine => sarcastic (vs. unsarcastic) Sense 2 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen => ill-natured (vs. good-natured) Attributes of adj saturnine Familiarity of adj saturnine saturnine used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj saturnine saturnine Overview of adj saturnine The adj saturnine has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. saturnine -- (bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde) 2. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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")
saturnine definition
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