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BNC: 20347 COCA: 19388

glum

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
glum /ˈglʌm/ adjective
glummer; glummest
glum
/ˈglʌm/
adjective
glummer; glummest
Learner's definition of GLUM
: sad or depressed悲伤的;闷闷不乐的

— glumly

adverb

— glumness

noun [noncount]
BNC: 20347 COCA: 19388
glummer; glummest
1
: broodingly morose
became glum when they heard the news
2
: dreary, gloomy
a glum countenance
glumly adverb
glumness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for glum

sullen, glum, morose, surly, sulky, crabbed, saturnine, gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood.

sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable.

remained sullen amid the festivities

glum suggests a silent dispiritedness.

a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat

morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy.

morose job seekers who are inured to rejection

surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner.

a typical surly teenager

sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness.

grew sulky after every spat

crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner.

the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster

saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition.

a saturnine cynic always finding fault

gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness.

a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news

Example Sentences

There's no need to look so glum—things will get better soon. There was a glum silence in the room.
Recent Examples on the Web But Fraser doesn’t play him with a heavy, glum, downbeat vibe. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 The glum economic mood — especially around gas prices — also poses a huge political issue for the Biden administration going into the midterm elections. Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 This book on the plight of coral reefs spikes the normally glum discourse about ocean conservation with a measure of capitalist techno-optimism, arguing that a combination of marine science and smart business could yet bring salvation. The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 For the most part, though, the capital soon settled back into a familiar, glum routine of making do with far too little. Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 But the mood among many is glum in the face of a new threat: censorship. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022 After a long, glum winter of batch soups and stews, the first warm day of spring sent him reeling. Helen Longstreth, The New Yorker, 17 July 2022 Despite all those glum headlines, overall U.S. hiring was up 0.4% [month-over-month]. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 June 2022 It’s not just Wall Street that is increasingly glum. New York Times, 14 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

akin to Middle English gloumen to gloom

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of glum was in 1547
BNC: 20347 COCA: 19388

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