Saturnine

Gloomy, grave, scowling. 

In the Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian, Nikabrik refuses to join in the celebration.  He stands off to the side with a sullen, saturnine look. 

From the Roman name for the god of time, Saturn.  Yes, the planet is named after this god.  In ancient  and medieval astrology Saturn was a melancholy character.  Before the discovery of the planets Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto (I still believe in Pluto), Saturn was the furthest from the sun and was therefore the slowest and coldest of the planets.

Synonyms for saturnine are blue, cheerless, dejected, and despondent.

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