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saturnine
adjective
Showing a brooding ill humor
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ˈsætənaɪn
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adjective
Showing a brooding ill humor
“A dark scowl”
adjective
Bitter or scornful
“{'source': 'Oscar Wilde', 'text': 'the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips … twisted with disdain'}”
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A dark scowl
The proverbially dour New England Puritan
A glum, hopeless shrug
He sat in moody silence
A morose and unsociable manner
{'source': 'Oscar Wilde', 'text': 'the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips … twisted with disdain'}
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