saturnine

Words with a similar base: saturnine

'saturnine'

[saturnine.s.01] as in: bitter or scornful; - Oscar Wilde

Examples:
the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted

with disdain

'saturnine'

[dark.s.04] as in: showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven

Examples:
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
a sour temper
a sullen crowd

Origins

					saturnine (English)
├── -ine (English)
│   └── -ine (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── -ine (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── -inus (Latin)
│               └── ινος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── Saturn (English)
    └── Sætern (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
        └── Saturnus (Latin)

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