saturnine
sat·ur·nine (s
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adj.
1. Having the temperament of one born under the supposed astrological influence of Saturn.
2.
a. Melancholy or sullen.
b. Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic: a saturnine expression on his face.
3. Produced by absorption of lead.
satur·ninely adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | saturnine – bitter or scornful; “the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips…twisted with disdain”- Oscar Wilde
sarcastic – expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
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| 2. | saturnine – 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”
ill-natured – having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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