glum

[ gluhm ]
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adjective,glum·mer, glum·mest.
  1. sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.

Origin of glum

1
1425–75; late Middle English; variant of gloom

synonym study For glum

Glum, morose, sullen, dour, surly all are adjectives describing a gloomy, unsociable attitude. Glum describes a depressed, spiritless condition or manner, usually temporary rather than habitual: a glum shrug of the shoulders; a glum, hopeless look in his eye. Morose, which adds to glum a sense of bitterness, implies a habitual and pervasive gloominess: a sour, morose manner; morose withdrawal from human contact. Sullen usually implies reluctance or refusal to speak accompanied by glowering looks expressing anger or a sense of injury: a sullen manner, silence, look. Dour refers to a stern and forbidding aspect, stony and unresponsive: dour rejection of friendly overtures. Surly implies gruffness of speech and manner, usually accompanied by an air of injury and ill temper: a surly reply.

Other words for glum

Other words from glum

  • glumly, adverb
  • glumness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for glum

glum

/ (ɡlʌm) /


adjectiveglummer or glummest
  1. silent or sullen, as from gloom

Origin of glum

1
C16: variant of gloom

Derived forms of glum

  • glumly, adverb
  • glumness, noun

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