glum
adjective
sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
glumness
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a word derived from
glum.
Example Sentences
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True, but the glumness of said world is central to Hoover’s zeitgeisty appeal — a point she underlines a few beats later, Kenna insisting that the radio only ever plays depressing songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
And it regenerated itself six months after Djokovic’s haunted tour of Australia, where he arrived with permission, stayed 11 days in courts both tennis and judicial, then experienced deportation and lingering glumness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2022
A narrative that, for better or worse, wrings more glumness than humor from Jeff’s travails.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
But glumness isn’t obligatory, and in a world filled with new media that perpetually deluge us with ill-chosen words, the grace of well-executed verbal economy can be very welcome, indeed.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2021
Yates, in sorrowful tones said that her glumness was caused by her thoughts.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
