Saturnine

//ˈsætənaɪn//

Synonyms for "saturnine" (172 found)

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Related words (86)

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Translations

29 translations across 13 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • мрачен adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • навъсен adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • оловен adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)

Catalan

2 entries
  • saturnina adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)
  • saturní adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)

Dutch

1 entries
  • somber adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

French

2 entries
  • saturnin adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)
  • saturnine adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)

German

1 entries
  • düster adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Italian

2 entries
  • saturnina adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • saturnino adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • blytung adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • tung adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Occitan

4 entries
  • adornin adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)
  • sadornin adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)
  • saturnin adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)
  • savornin adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)

Picard

1 entries
  • saturnin adj (of or pertaining to lead; containing lead)

Polish

1 entries
  • ponury adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • saturnina adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • saturnino adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • soturna adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • soturno adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Russian

2 entries
  • мра́чный adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • угрю́мый adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Spanish

4 entries
  • saturnina adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • saturnino adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • soturna adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)
  • soturno adj (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Alſo amongſt the aforeſaid living creatures, ſome are Solar, [...] the contrary, are ſuch as are Lunar, Saturnine, and Martiall, &c. [...] The Saturnine, are the ſolitary, nocturnall and ſad: as the Aſſe, camel, cat, ape, hare, mule, mouſe, mole, bear, toad, and wolfe.

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I may cast my readers under two general divisions: the mercurial and the saturnine. The first are the gay part of my disciples, who require speculations of wit and humour; the others are those of a more solemn and sober turn, who find no pleasure but in papers of morality and sound sense.

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Theſe gentlemen, with an equal ſhare of pride, pedantry, and ſaturnine diſpoſition, were by the accidents of education and company, diametrically oppoſite in political maxims; [...]

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He [Samuel Johnson] said, "Mr. [John] Wesley's conversation is good; he talks well on any subject; I could converse with him all night." But Dr. Johnson would certainly not have expressed himself in this strong language of approbation, had Mr. Wesley been that dark, saturnine creature, represented by Archbishop [Thomas] Herring.

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