sat-ur-nine* (sătˈər-nīnˌ)adjective
1. Melancholy or even sardonic in nature.
Only Werner Herzog can make Where's Waldo saturnine.**
Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, ailing, brooding, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrid, macabre, malignant, melancholy, moody, morbid, pessimistic, sick, somber, sullen.
* This word has Saturn as its root because astrologers believe that people born under Saturn possess this particular outlook a little more than other people do.
** You really should click this link.
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