GLUMNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A gloomy ill-tempered feeling

Synonyms:

glumness; moroseness; sullenness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("glumness" is a kind of...):

moodiness (a sullen gloomy feeling)

Derivation:

glum (moody and melancholic)

glum (showing a brooding ill humor)

Meaning:

An atmosphere of depression and melancholy

Example:

gloom pervaded the office

Synonyms:

gloom; gloominess; glumness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("glumness" is a kind of...):

ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glumness"):

cloud (a cause of worry or gloom or trouble)

bareness; bleakness; desolation; nakedness (a bleak and desolate atmosphere)