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SATURNINE
(adj.) 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", "a sour temper", "a sullen crowd"
synonyms : dark , dour , glowering , glum , moody , morose , sour , sullenHe was sullen and morose at the party and kept to himself. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) bitter or scornful
"the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"
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Mnemonics for saturnine
(Tag: ) Saturn = rahu, rahu = 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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-4 (Tag: ) nine rings of Saturn considered gloomy
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-2 (Tag: ) 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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-0 (Tag: ) SATURNINE or SULLEN - someone having a gloomy temperament.
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