[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

saturnine \sat"urnine\, 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
see also:
saturn mercurial saturnine colic 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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" syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody,
         morose, sour, sullen
see also:
dark dour glowering glum moody morose 
sour sullen 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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