Definition of Saturnine
sad and solemn
Examples of Saturnine in a sentence
The dog’s eyes became saturnine whenever he was left at home alone. 🔊
As the widow accepted offers of sympathy at her husband’s funeral, she struggled to keep tears from her saturnine eyes. 🔊
Matt had a saturnine look on his face as he watched his ex-girlfriend walk out the door for the last time. 🔊
Since Natasha has been ill, she has been in a saturnine mood. 🔊
It was hard to not be saturnine after learning of my favorite aunt’s death. 🔊
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