saturnine
/ˈsætənaɪn/adj
High School
1
Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
2
Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
3
Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
4
Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
5
Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
6
Belonging to or resembling butterflies of the family Saturnidae
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