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Adjective: saturnine  'sa-tu(r),nIn
  1. Bitter or scornful
    "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"
     
  2. Showing a brooding ill humour
    "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius";
    - dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen

See also: ill-natured, sarcastic, sarky [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Saturnine

Nearest

Satureja nepeta
Satureja vulgaris
Saturn
saturnalia
Saturnalia
Saturnia
Saturnia pavonia
saturniid
saturniid moth
Saturniidae
saturnine
saturnism
Satyagraha
Satyendra N. Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose
satyr
satyr orchid
satyr play
satyriasis
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