Definition of "saturnine" in Englisch

adjective

1. (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy

2. (comparable) Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.

3. (comparable, chemistry, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).

4. (not comparable, pathology) Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).

5. (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).