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Synonyms for saturnine

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sat-er-nahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæt ərˌnaɪn

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Définition of saturnine

Origin :
  • "gloomy, morose, sluggish, grave," mid-15c., literally "born under the influence of the planet Saturn," from Middle English Saturne (see Saturn) + -ine (1). Medieval physiology believed these characteristics to be caused by the astrological influence of the planet Saturn, which was the most remote from the Sun (in the limited knowledge of the times) and thus coldest and slowest in its revolution.
  • adj gloomy
Example sentences :
  • The voice of the older man came with a sinister force and saturnine.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • His temper was of the saturnine complexion, and without the least taint of moroseness.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • The saturnine Hahn stood at my door with a weapon upon me while I ate.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • All the while the little Cuban talked swiftly and with a saturnine enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The witticisms convulsed Paul's neighbours and left him saturnine.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • He was a tall, black-eyed man, with the dark, saturnine face of an Indian.
  • Extract from : « --And Devious the Line of Duty » by Tom Godwin
  • Father Brown seemed rather to like the saturnine candour of the soldier.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • He was of a saturnine nature, in whom anger burned slow and deep.
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • He had a marked squint and this gave him a saturnine expression.
  • Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
  • The cook was a gaunt, long-legged person with a saturnine countenance.
  • Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
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