Definition of glum in English:

glum

adjectiveglummest, glummer ɡlʌmɡləm

Looking or feeling dejected; morose.
the princess looked glum but later cheered up
Example sentencesExamples
- He made a concerted effort to smile his way out of his understandably glum expression while I tried to say what I wanted to say in the right kind of way.
- After a minute he hung up the phone with a glum expression on his face and went back to driving meticulously.
- I remember being glum and depressed, at first, about the new ethos of the early eighties.
- No glum faces, no fake sincerity or hypocritical concern for those he left behind; just an excuse to celebrate the crazy fool.
- What's the point in going out for a coffee if you're going to sit there all glum and miserable?
- She didn't want to, which was why she wore a glum expression as she examined herself.
- Many readers are probably in a glum mood this morning, what with the world trade talks at a seeming impasse.
- I saw her reappear near her seat a few minutes later, looking sort of glum.
- He's got a glum expression on his face making his lips form a straight line and his eyes frown.
- There are a few glum faces after a round of job cuts.
- When the three speakers heard what I said, two of them looked quite glum but the third one got up and said that he got it totally wrong.
- The cinema trend has been the same - it looked pretty glum at times, but we've ended 2003 with a piece of cinema history.
- We are so German that, going back, we think we must look the part - glum and serious and sincere.
- Next time I get too cranky and glum, will someone please remind me of these words I wrote today?
- Carrie is looking so glum that it's hard to believe they haven't already told her she's going.
- I was a little glum at the thought of walking back up but it's wonderful what the promise of a farmhouse lunch can conjure up in the way of fortitude.
- That was beastly uncomfortable, and made me even more glum.
- Everyone looks very glum all the time, for no good reason, and everyone is very elongated.
- It was not hard to notice the glum expression on her face, though he could not understand what it was that was bothering her.
- The original Edinburgh International Festival was dreamt up as an antidote to the glum aftermath of the Second World War.
Synonyms
gloomy, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, despondent, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, wretched, lugubrious, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless
informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps
British informal brassed off, cheesed off, looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
literary dolorous
archaic chap-fallen, adust

Derivatives

glumly

adverb ˈɡlʌmliˈɡləmli

Becky, the eldest, was staring glumly at her latest present.
Example sentencesExamples
- She sits by the kitchen door looking glumly out and, at regular intervals, asking very loudly for the door to be opened so that she may sample the weather.
- ‘Now all we have to do is find out way back out to the motorway again,’ Graham said, just a little glumly.
- Sitting glumly over a mug of cold water on the morning of my cholesterol test I came to realise just how much I depend on coffee to get me going at the start of the day.
- He plays with his Caesar salad, glumly spearing croutons or else sweeping one of those supremely talented hands through his heavy flick of a fringe.

glumness

noun ˈɡlʌmnəsˈɡləmnəs

There are plenty of hackneyed truisms about ill-winds, silver-linings and darkness-before-dawns that can be tossed into the glumness.
Example sentencesExamples
- To me, this enforced glumness became irritating; but then, I'm an American.
- There's relief in his voice, but glumness too, a result of his sudden homelessness and the loss of many of his belongings - clothes, furniture, even musical instruments.
- The findings of this study show a worrying trend towards glumness.
- But through all of the glumness, I was actually pretty content.

Origin

Mid 16th century: related to dialect glum 'to frown', variant of gloom.

Rhymes

become, benumb, Brum, bum, chum, crumb, drum, gum, ho-hum, hum, Kara Kum, lum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, Rhum, rhumb, rum, scrum, scum, slum, some, strum, stum, succumb, sum, swum, thrum, thumb, tum, yum-yum

Definition of glum in US English:

glum

adjectiveɡləmɡləm

Looking or feeling dejected; morose.
they looked glum but later cheered up
Example sentencesExamples
- She didn't want to, which was why she wore a glum expression as she examined herself.
- I remember being glum and depressed, at first, about the new ethos of the early eighties.
- Everyone looks very glum all the time, for no good reason, and everyone is very elongated.
- Carrie is looking so glum that it's hard to believe they haven't already told her she's going.
- I was a little glum at the thought of walking back up but it's wonderful what the promise of a farmhouse lunch can conjure up in the way of fortitude.
- He's got a glum expression on his face making his lips form a straight line and his eyes frown.
- It was not hard to notice the glum expression on her face, though he could not understand what it was that was bothering her.
- I saw her reappear near her seat a few minutes later, looking sort of glum.
- Next time I get too cranky and glum, will someone please remind me of these words I wrote today?
- That was beastly uncomfortable, and made me even more glum.
- We are so German that, going back, we think we must look the part - glum and serious and sincere.
- The cinema trend has been the same - it looked pretty glum at times, but we've ended 2003 with a piece of cinema history.
- Many readers are probably in a glum mood this morning, what with the world trade talks at a seeming impasse.
- No glum faces, no fake sincerity or hypocritical concern for those he left behind; just an excuse to celebrate the crazy fool.
- There are a few glum faces after a round of job cuts.
- When the three speakers heard what I said, two of them looked quite glum but the third one got up and said that he got it totally wrong.
- He made a concerted effort to smile his way out of his understandably glum expression while I tried to say what I wanted to say in the right kind of way.
- The original Edinburgh International Festival was dreamt up as an antidote to the glum aftermath of the Second World War.
- After a minute he hung up the phone with a glum expression on his face and went back to driving meticulously.
- What's the point in going out for a coffee if you're going to sit there all glum and miserable?
Synonyms
gloomy, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, despondent, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, wretched, lugubrious, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless

Origin

Mid 16th century: related to dialect glum ‘to frown’, variant of gloom.

单词	glum
释义	Definition of glum in English: glum adjectiveglummest, glummer ɡlʌmɡləm Looking or feeling dejected; morose. the princess looked glum but later cheered up Example sentencesExamples He made a concerted effort to smile his way out of his understandably glum expression while I tried to say what I wanted to say in the right kind of way. After a minute he hung up the phone with a glum expression on his face and went back to driving meticulously. I remember being glum and depressed, at first, about the new ethos of the early eighties. No glum faces, no fake sincerity or hypocritical concern for those he left behind; just an excuse to celebrate the crazy fool. What's the point in going out for a coffee if you're going to sit there all glum and miserable? She didn't want to, which was why she wore a glum expression as she examined herself. Many readers are probably in a glum mood this morning, what with the world trade talks at a seeming impasse. I saw her reappear near her seat a few minutes later, looking sort of glum. He's got a glum expression on his face making his lips form a straight line and his eyes frown. There are a few glum faces after a round of job cuts. When the three speakers heard what I said, two of them looked quite glum but the third one got up and said that he got it totally wrong. The cinema trend has been the same - it looked pretty glum at times, but we've ended 2003 with a piece of cinema history. We are so German that, going back, we think we must look the part - glum and serious and sincere. Next time I get too cranky and glum, will someone please remind me of these words I wrote today? Carrie is looking so glum that it's hard to believe they haven't already told her she's going. I was a little glum at the thought of walking back up but it's wonderful what the promise of a farmhouse lunch can conjure up in the way of fortitude. That was beastly uncomfortable, and made me even more glum. Everyone looks very glum all the time, for no good reason, and everyone is very elongated. It was not hard to notice the glum expression on her face, though he could not understand what it was that was bothering her. The original Edinburgh International Festival was dreamt up as an antidote to the glum aftermath of the Second World War. Synonyms gloomy, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, despondent, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, wretched, lugubrious, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless informal blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps British informal brassed off, cheesed off, looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny literary dolorous archaic chap-fallen, adust Derivatives glumly adverb ˈɡlʌmliˈɡləmli Becky, the eldest, was staring glumly at her latest present. Example sentencesExamples She sits by the kitchen door looking glumly out and, at regular intervals, asking very loudly for the door to be opened so that she may sample the weather. ‘Now all we have to do is find out way back out to the motorway again,’ Graham said, just a little glumly. Sitting glumly over a mug of cold water on the morning of my cholesterol test I came to realise just how much I depend on coffee to get me going at the start of the day. He plays with his Caesar salad, glumly spearing croutons or else sweeping one of those supremely talented hands through his heavy flick of a fringe. glumness noun ˈɡlʌmnəsˈɡləmnəs There are plenty of hackneyed truisms about ill-winds, silver-linings and darkness-before-dawns that can be tossed into the glumness. Example sentencesExamples To me, this enforced glumness became irritating; but then, I'm an American. There's relief in his voice, but glumness too, a result of his sudden homelessness and the loss of many of his belongings - clothes, furniture, even musical instruments. The findings of this study show a worrying trend towards glumness. But through all of the glumness, I was actually pretty content. Origin Mid 16th century: related to dialect glum 'to frown', variant of gloom. Rhymes become, benumb, Brum, bum, chum, crumb, drum, gum, ho-hum, hum, Kara Kum, lum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, Rhum, rhumb, rum, scrum, scum, slum, some, strum, stum, succumb, sum, swum, thrum, thumb, tum, yum-yum Definition of glum in US English: glum adjectiveɡləmɡləm Looking or feeling dejected; morose. they looked glum but later cheered up Example sentencesExamples She didn't want to, which was why she wore a glum expression as she examined herself. I remember being glum and depressed, at first, about the new ethos of the early eighties. Everyone looks very glum all the time, for no good reason, and everyone is very elongated. Carrie is looking so glum that it's hard to believe they haven't already told her she's going. I was a little glum at the thought of walking back up but it's wonderful what the promise of a farmhouse lunch can conjure up in the way of fortitude. He's got a glum expression on his face making his lips form a straight line and his eyes frown. It was not hard to notice the glum expression on her face, though he could not understand what it was that was bothering her. I saw her reappear near her seat a few minutes later, looking sort of glum. Next time I get too cranky and glum, will someone please remind me of these words I wrote today? That was beastly uncomfortable, and made me even more glum. We are so German that, going back, we think we must look the part - glum and serious and sincere. The cinema trend has been the same - it looked pretty glum at times, but we've ended 2003 with a piece of cinema history. Many readers are probably in a glum mood this morning, what with the world trade talks at a seeming impasse. No glum faces, no fake sincerity or hypocritical concern for those he left behind; just an excuse to celebrate the crazy fool. There are a few glum faces after a round of job cuts. When the three speakers heard what I said, two of them looked quite glum but the third one got up and said that he got it totally wrong. He made a concerted effort to smile his way out of his understandably glum expression while I tried to say what I wanted to say in the right kind of way. The original Edinburgh International Festival was dreamt up as an antidote to the glum aftermath of the Second World War. After a minute he hung up the phone with a glum expression on his face and went back to driving meticulously. What's the point in going out for a coffee if you're going to sit there all glum and miserable? Synonyms gloomy, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, despondent, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, long-faced, fed up, in the doldrums, wretched, lugubrious, morose, sepulchral, saturnine, dour, mirthless Origin Mid 16th century: related to dialect glum ‘to frown’, variant of gloom.
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