Glum
[gluhm] /glʌm/
adjective, glummer, glummest.
1.
sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
/ɡlʌm/
adjective glummer, glummest
1.
silent or sullen, as from gloom
adj.
1540s, “sullen, frowning,” from Middle English gloumen (v.) “become dark” (c.1300), later gloumben “look gloomy or sullen” (late 14c.); see gloom. Related: Glumly; glumness.
Read Also:
- Glumaceous
[gloo-mey-shuh s] /gluˈmeɪ ʃəs/ adjective, Botany. 1. glumelike; chaffy. 2. consisting of or having .
- Glum bum
noun 1. (Austral, slang) a pessimistic person
- Glume
[gloom] /glum/ noun, Botany. 1. one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet. /ɡluːm/ noun 1. (botany) one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses 2. the bract beneath […]
- Glumly
[gluhm] /glʌm/ adjective, glummer, glummest. 1. sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. /ɡlʌm/ adjective glummer, glummest 1. silent or sullen, as from gloom adj. 1540s, “sullen, frowning,” from Middle English gloumen (v.) “become dark” (c.1300), later gloumben “look gloomy or sullen” (late 14c.); see gloom. Related: Glumly; glumness.
- Glumness
[gluhm] /glʌm/ adjective, glummer, glummest. 1. sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. /ɡlʌm/ adjective glummer, glummest 1. silent or sullen, as from gloom adj. 1540s, “sullen, frowning,” from Middle English gloumen (v.) “become dark” (c.1300), later gloumben “look gloomy or sullen” (late 14c.); see gloom. Related: Glumly; glumness.