Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moody and melancholy; dejected.
- adjective Gloomy; dismal.
- noun The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it.
- noun Chiefly British The blues. Often used with the:
from The Century Dictionary.
- To frown; look sullen or glum: same as
gloom . - Gloomily sullen or silent; moody; frowning.
- noun A sullen look; a frown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moody; silent; sullen.
- noun obsolete Sullenness.
- intransitive verb obsolete To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Sad ,despondent . - verb obsolete To look
sullen ; to be of asour countenance ; to be glum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing a brooding ill humor
- adjective moody and melancholic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's very hard to remain glum in the face of very high quality dark chocolate-covered caramel.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2008
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His expression glum, Inspector Norizuki turned his eyes to the ashtray on the table.
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His expression glum, Inspector Norizuki turned his eyes to the ashtray on the table.
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His demeanor was that of a person who is far from pleased with the course of events, and the word glum best describes his expression.
A Life of Gen Robert E Lee Cooke, John E 1876
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It took her two false starts - with analysts Bruni-Sarkozy described as "glum" - before she hit on the right one.
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It took her two false starts - with analysts Bruni-Sarkozy described as "glum" - before she hit on the right one.
Fore, right! 2009
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It took her two false starts - with analysts Bruni-Sarkozy described as "glum" - before she hit on the right one.
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It took her two false starts - with analysts Bruni-Sarkozy described as "glum" - before she hit on the right one.
Homepage 2009
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And, the data are hardly "glum" as the story empahsizes.
David C. Wilson: The AP-KN Poll Headline on Obama Ignores the Best Data David C. Wilson 2010
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Of course, both films (Miami Vice and Spartan) are labelled as 'glum' by their detractors.
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