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- DictionaryGlum/ɡləm/
adjective
- 1. looking or feeling dejected; morose: "they looked glum but later cheered up"
3 days ago · glum in American English. (ɡlʌm) adjective Word forms: glummer, glummest. sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. SYNONYMS moody, sulky; despondent, melancholy. glum, morose, sullen, dour, surly all are adjectives describing a gloomy, unsociable attitude. glum describes a depressed, spiritless condition or manner, usually temporary rather than ...
Glum definition: sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. See examples of GLUM used in a sentence.
glum. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English glum /ɡlʌm/ adjective (comparative glummer, superlative glummest) if someone is glum, they feel unhappy and do not talk a lot SYN gloomy Anna looked glum. After dinner, Kate lapsed into a glum silence. —glumly adverb She stared glumly at her plate. —glumness noun [ uncountable ...
Britannica Dictionary definition of GLUM. : sad or depressed. There's no need to look so glum —things will get better soon. There was a glum silence in the room.
What does the adjective glum mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective glum . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
looking or feeling dejected; morose: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
Glum describes a depressed, spiritless condition or manner, usually temporary rather than habitual: a glum shrug of the shoulders; a glum, hopeless look in his eye. Morose, which adds to glum a sense of bitterness, implies a habitual and pervasive gloominess: a sour, morose manner; morose withdrawal from human contact.
