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glum

Pronunciation: /ɡlʌm/

The English word “glum” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Despondent; moody; sullen.

verb

  1. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

noun

  1. sullenness

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.

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