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单词 glum
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glum

(glʌm)
Word forms: comparative glummer, superlative glummest
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Someone who is glum is sad and quiet because they are disappointed or unhappy about something.
She was very glum and was obviously missing her children.
Synonyms: gloomy, miserable, dismal, down More Synonyms of glum
glumly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
When Eleanor returned, I was still sitting glumly on the settee.

glum in British English

(ɡlʌm)
adjectiveWord forms: glummer or glummest
silent or sullen, as from gloom
Derived forms
glumly (ˈglumly)
adverb
glumness (ˈglumness)
noun
Word origin
C16: variant of gloom

glum in American English

(glʌm)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈglummer or ˈglummest
feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
Derived forms
glumly (ˈglumly)
adverb
glumness (ˈglumness)
noun
Word origin
prob. < ME glomen, var. of gloum(b)en: see gloom

Examples of 'glum' in a sentence
glum

Not that he seems particularly glum about the prospect.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The previous night he looked glum after a meal out.
The Sun (2012)
But might one chap feel rather glum?
The Sun (2012)
Perhaps the case of a dead junior doctor will put a smile back on his glum face?
The Sun (2014)
The couple had looked glum as they walked on the beach.
The Sun (2013)
As much as his glum face likes anything that is.
The Sun (2012)
She left the court looking glum and without saying anything.
The Sun (2011)
It seemed all the guests wanted to sit and look glum.
The Sun (2013)
They did look a bit glum.
The Sun (2006)
There were no glum faces tonight.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He had to give up rugby, and got rather glum as a result.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
With just a drizzle of spectators, the stadium looked pretty glum.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Frankly it's left me a bit glum.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yesterday he looked glum at training in Manchester.
The Sun (2013)
Despite the win, he looked glum.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Ihave to say I felt a bit glum.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If this represents global culture, it's all pretty glum.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Broken Bells Why the glum faces?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But scratch beneath the surface and you will find that it's still a bit glum on the other side of the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was now nearing the end of filming and, looking at the glum and exhausted faces around the film set, things had not gone well.
The Sun (2015)

In other languages
glum

British English: glum ADJECTIVE
Someone who is glum is sad and quiet because they are disappointed or unhappy about something.
She was very glum and was obviously missing her children.
  • American English: glum
  • Brazilian Portuguese: abatido
  • Chinese: 闷闷不乐的
  • European Spanish: abatido
  • French: morose
  • German: bedrückt
  • Italian: abbattuto
  • Japanese: ふさぎ込んだ
  • Korean: 시무룩한
  • European Portuguese: abatido
  • Latin American Spanish: abatido

Chinese translation of 'glum'

glum

(ɡlʌm)

adj

  1. (= miserable) [person, face, expression] 忧(憂)郁(鬱)的 (yōuyù de)
(adjective) 
Definition
gloomy and quiet, usually because of a disappointment
What are you both looking so glum about?
Synonyms
gloomy
He is gloomy about the fate of the economy.
miserable
She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
dismal
The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal.
down
The old man sounded really down.
low
`I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.
melancholy
It was at this time of day that I felt most melancholy.
dejected
Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down.
downcast
a glum, downcast expression
morose
She was morose, pale and reticent.
doleful
He stared over his glasses with a doleful look.
downhearted
Don't be so downhearted.
down in the dumps (informal)
down in the mouth
in low spirits
chapfallen
sour
moody
Don't go all moody on me!
crabbed
pessimistic
his excessively pessimistic view of life
grumpy
I'm always grumpy in the morning.
sullen
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
surly
He behaves in a surly and rude manner towards me.
churlish
It seemed churlish to refuse an offer meant so kindly.
sulky
a sulky adolescent
crestfallen
He looked crestfallen when he failed the exam.
saturnine
He is a saturnine man who speaks with precision and pedantic care.
huffy
He always seemed so angry or huffy.
ill-humoured
Opposites
cheerful
,
jolly
,
merry
,
upbeat (informal)
,
cheery
,
joyful
,
chirpy (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of churlish
Definition
surly and rude
It seemed churlish to refuse an offer meant so kindly.
Synonyms
rude,
harsh,
crabbed,
vulgar,
sullen,
surly,
morose,
brusque,
ill-tempered,
boorish,
uncouth,
impolite,
loutish,
oafish,
uncivil,
unmannerly
in the sense of crabbed
Definition
bad-tempered
Synonyms
bad-tempered,
trying,
difficult,
cross,
tough,
harsh,
sour,
cynical,
tart,
perverse,
prickly,
irritable,
acrimonious,
surly,
petulant,
churlish,
acrid,
morose,
ill-tempered,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
fretful,
splenetic,
captious
in the sense of crestfallen
Definition
disappointed or disheartened
He looked crestfallen when he failed the exam.
Synonyms
disappointed,
depressed,
discouraged,
dejected,
despondent,
downcast,
disheartened,
disconsolate,
downhearted,
chapfallen,
sick as a parrot (informal),
choked

Nearby words of
glum

  • glower
  • glowing
  • glue
  • glum
  • glut
  • glutinous
  • glutton

Synonyms of 'glum'

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