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Sordid vs Saturnine - What's the difference?

sordid | saturnine |

As adjectives the difference between sordid and saturnine

is that sordid is dirty or squalid while saturnine is of or born under saturn's influence.

sordid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Dirty or squalid.
  • Morally degrading.
  • * 1912 ,
    • He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky.They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.
  • Grasping.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * sordidity * sordidly * sordidness

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    saturnine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or born under Saturn's influence
  • containing lead, or suffering from lead poisoning (saturnia)
  • having a tendency to be gloomy, bitter, and sarcastic; sullenly sardonic
  • gloomy, depressed, dull
  • cold and slow to change and react (refers to mood)

    • Derived terms

    * saturnine gout

    Quotations

    * 1770 , , The English physician enlarged. , page 167 *: "But Henbane'' delights most to grow in Saturnine Places, and whole Cart-Loads of it may be found near the Places where they empty the common Jacks, and scarce a Ditch can be found without it growing by it. ''Ergo'', it is an Herb of ''Saturn ." * 1793 , John Whitehead, The life of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A , page 550 *: "But Dr. Johnson would certainly not have expressed himself in this strong language of approbation, had Mr. Wesley been that dark, saturnine creature, represented by Archbishop Herring." English eponyms ----