All saturnine synonyms
sat·ur·nine
S s adj saturnine
- dour — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- chuffy — boorish and surly
- moody — given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- crusty — Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.
- broody — You say that someone is broody when they are thinking a lot about something in an unhappy way.
- grave — the grave accent.
- morbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- mopish — given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- mirthless — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- morose — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- chapfallen — dejected; downhearted; crestfallen
- in a huff — indignant
- gruff — low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
- feller — Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918–2010, U.S. baseball player.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.