| 单词 | glum |
| 释义 | glum[ gluhm ] / glʌm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR glum ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, glum·mer, glum·mest.sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. Origin of glum1425–75; late Middle English; variant of gloom SYNONYMS FOR glummoody, sulky; despondent, melancholy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR glum ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for glumGlum, morose, sullen, dour, surly all are adjectives describing a gloomy, unsociable attitude. 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. Sullen usually implies reluctance or refusal to speak accompanied by glowering looks expressing anger or a sense of injury: a sullen manner, silence, look. Dour refers to a stern and forbidding aspect, stony and unresponsive: dour rejection of friendly overtures. Surly implies gruffness of speech and manner, usually accompanied by an air of injury and ill temper: a surly reply. OTHER WORDS FROM glumglumly, adverbglumness, nounWords nearby glumglue sniffing, gluey, glug, gluggable, gluhwein, glum, glumaceous, glum bum, glume, gluon, gluonium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for glumBritish Dictionary definitions for glumglum / (ɡlʌm) / adjective glummer or glummestsilent or sullen, as from gloom Derived forms of glumglumly, adverbglumness, nounWord Origin for glumC16: variant of gloom Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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