English Explanatory Dictionary

glum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Despondent; moody; sullen.
verb
  1. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
noun
  1. sullenness

Pronunciation

/ɡlʌm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glum.wav

Word forms

glum glummer glummest glums glumming glummed

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.

Synonyms

cheerless comfortless bleak dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome drear drearisome dreary dreich forlorn gayless gray gloomsome gloomy grim joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke saturnine solemn somber sombre spiritless sullen sunless uncheerful uncheery unhappy unmerry wintry woeful glum grouchy gruff ill-tempered ill-humored moody sulky

Derived words

glumly glumness
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