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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