saturnine
adjective
[ ˈsatənʌɪn ]
• (of a person or their manner) gloomy.
• "a saturnine temperament"
Similar:
gloomy,
sombre,
melancholy,
melancholic,
moody,
miserable,
lugubrious,
dour,
glum,
unsmiling,
humourless,
grumpy,
bad-tempered,
taciturn,
uncommunicative,
unresponsive,
• relating to lead.
Origin:
late Middle English (as a term in astrology): from Old French saturnin, from medieval Latin Saturninus ‘of Saturn’ (identified with lead by the alchemists and associated with slowness and gloom by astrologers).
