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saturnine

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saturnine
adjective
1 he was a rather saturnine individual who never spoke an unnecessary word:
gloomy, somber, melancholy, melancholic, moody, miserable, lugubrious, dour, glum, unsmiling, humorless, grumpy, bad-tempered;
taciturn, uncommunicative, unresponsive.
antonyms cheerful, jovial.
2 his saturnine good looks:
swarthy, dark, dark-skinned, dark-complexioned;
mysterious, mercurial, moody.