(adj) showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven, Syn. moody, dour, saturnine, sour, sullen, morose, glum, glowering, Example:a dark scowl; the proverbially dour New England Puritan; a glum, hopeless shrug; he sat in moody silence; a morose and unsociable manner; a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius; a sour temper; a sullen crowd