saturnine

saturnine is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
2. adjective. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
3. adjective. Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
4. adjective. showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bliven

   "a dark scowl"

   "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"

   Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen

5. adjective. bitter or scornful- Oscar Wilde

   "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"

Synonyms

dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, sour, sullen

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in saturnine:

neustrian, sturninae

Common word forms

saturninely, saturnineness

Words from these letters

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