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Greco-Roman Descriptors·Ancient World & Mythos
saturnine

saturnine

/ˈsætərnaɪn/

🏛️ Greco-Roman Descriptors

slow and gloomy; dark in coloring and moody

saturnine in a sentence

“He sat in the corner with a saturnine expression.”

Origin of saturnine

From the planet Saturn, associated with lead and gloom

Related Words

stoic

enduring pain and hardship without showing feelings

laconic

using very few words

stentorian

loud and powerful (of a voice)

spartan

showing indifference to comfort or luxury; austere

draconian

excessively harsh and severe (usually laws)

mercurial

subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

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