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saturnine a. 沉默寡言的,陰沉的,感染鉛毒的 沈默寡言的,陰沈的,感染鉛毒的 saturnine adj 1: bitter or scornful; " the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips... twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde 2: 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" [ synonym: { dark}, { dour}, { glowering}, { glum}, { moody}, { morose}, { saturnine}, { sour}, { sullen}] Saturnine \ Sat" ur* nine\, a. [ L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead ( Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See { Saturn}.] 1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of { mercurial}; as, a saturnine person or temper. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] { Saturnine colic} ( Med.), lead colic. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " saturnine": black, bleak, crabbed, dark, dismal, dour, drear, drearisome, dreary, funebrial, funereal, gloomy, glum, grave, gray, grim, moping, morose, reserved, serious, silent, solemn, somber, sombrous, staid, sulky, surly, taciturn, triste, ugly, uncommunicative, weariful, wearisome, weary
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