Glum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡlʌm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Glum is an adjective meaning Despondent; moody; sullen.
Meaning
Despondent; moody; sullen.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
- (obsolete) sullenness
Example Sentences
I[…]frighten people by my glum face.
That they be deaf and dumb, And play silence and glum
A glummer look replaced the already glum look on Arthur Dent's face.
[…] and the prospect of three more days of teaching before the weekend break, Mr. MacPherson felt unusually glum.
Word Forms
- glummer
- glummest
- glums
- glumming
- glummed
Synonyms for glum
Depending on context, synonyms include cheerless, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose, depressing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include morose, saturnine, long-faced, sullen, gloomy, dejected.
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