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SA-turh-nain
adjective
to be melancholy; to be bitterly sarcastic; a grave; foreboding appearance
1878Drift From Two Shores After the Sunday episode, already referred to, she was given her liberty on that day, a privilege she gracefully recognized by somewhat unbending her usual austerity in the indulgence of a saturnine humor. 1946Vintage SeasonHe saw one man's face, over and overa long, dark saturnine face, deeply lined, sorrowful, the face of a powerful man wise in worldliness, urbane and helpless.1957Wild TownBugs glowered at him helplessly, wanting nothing so much as to smash his fist into the deputy's bland, saturnine face.1995The Outcast of RedwallTall and saturnine, he dressed plainly and affected the manner of a gentlebeast.Labels: Bret Harte, Brian Jacques, Henry Kuttner, Jim Thompson
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