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GLUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: glummer    , glummest   

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moody and melancholic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dejected (affected or marked by low spirits)

Derivation:

glumness (a gloomy ill-tempered feeling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Showing a brooding ill humor

Example:

a sullen crowd

Synonyms:

dark; dour; glowering; glum; moody; morose; saturnine; sour; sullen

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Derivation:

glumness (a gloomy ill-tempered feeling)

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