adjective

• (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.
• (comparable) Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
• (comparable, chemistry, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
• (not comparable, pathology) Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
• (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).
• Of or relating to the ancient Roman god Saturn.