Saturnine
Meaning of Saturnine
- (of a person or their manner) gloomy.
a saturnine temperament
- relating to lead.
late Middle English (as a term in astrology): from Old French saturnin, from medieval Latin Saturninus ‘of Saturn’ (identified with lead by the alchemists and associated with slowness and gloom by astrologers).
Information about Saturnine
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of Saturnine
Satur-nine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- Saturnine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Saturnine synonyms
Meaning dark:
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen
Meaning causing or feeling depression or despondency:
Meaning dark or dull in colour or tone:
Meaning having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive:
Meaning feeling or expressing pensive sadness:
Meaning (of a person) habitually morose:
Meaning looking or sounding sad and dismal:
Meaning (of a person or their manner or expression) serious or unfriendly; not smiling:
Meaning bad-tempered and irritable:
Meaning (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little:
Meaning unwilling to talk or impart information:
Meaning not responsive:
Saturnine antonyms
Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:
Meaning cheerful and friendly:
Anagrams of Saturnine
Neustrian, Rautensin, Sturninae
Words that rhyme with Saturnine
Nine, nine, Alajouanine, AlphaNine, Geanine, Janine, Jeanine, Nanine, Phthalocyanine, acetylalanine, acetylalanylalanine, acetylphenylalanine, acetyltaurylphenylalanine, alanine, alanylalanine, alanylglycylalanine, alanylphenylalanine, allocyanine, allylrhodanine, amidinophenylalanine, aminmethoxyphenylalanine, aminoalanine, aminobutylalanine, aminomethylphenylalanine, aminophenylalanine, aminopteroylalanine, aminorhodanine, ancistrotanzanine, anilinoalanine, anilinorhodanine, aposafranine, arabinofuranosylguanine, arginylphenylalanine, aspartylalanine, aspartylphenylalanine, azidoalanine, azidophenylalanine, benzoylbuxahyrcanine, benzoylphenylalanine, benzylalanine, benzylaminododecylguanine, benzylguanine, benzylideneaminorhodanine, benzylidenerhodanine, benzyloxycarbonylalanine, benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanine, benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanylalanine, benzyloxycarbonylphenylalanylphenylalanine, benzyloxycarbonyltyrosylalanine, benzyloxyguanine