glum /ɡlʌm/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative glummer , superlative glummest )
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: glum 'to look annoyed or bored' (15-19 centuries) , from gloom ]
if someone is glum, they feel unhappy and do not talk a lot SYN gloomy :
Anna looked glum.
After dinner, Kate lapsed into a glum silence.
—glumly adverb :
She stared glumly at her plate.
—glumness noun [uncountable]
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THESAURUS
▪ sad not happy:
She felt sad as she waved goodbye.
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a sad and lonely figure
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a sad face
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a sad film
▪ unhappy sad, especially for a long time – used about people and periods of time:
I was unhappy at school.
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an unhappy childhood
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He’s obviously a deeply unhappy person.
▪ homesick [not before noun] sad because you are away from your home, family, and friends:
She sometimes felt homesick when she first arrived in Japan.
▪ down [not before noun] informal feeling sad for a few hours or days, often for no reason:
Whenever I’m feeling down, I go out and buy myself some new clothes.
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She’s been kind of down since that argument with Jack.
▪ gloomy looking or sounding sad and without hope – used about people, places, and weather:
Why are you all looking so gloomy?
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the gloomy immigration office
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a gloomy afternoon in February
▪ dejected/downcast looking sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen:
‘I didn’t pass,’ he said, looking dejected.
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a downcast expression
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He was understandably downcast after the team’s loss.
▪ mournful especially literary looking or sounding sad:
the dog’s big mournful eyes
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the mournful sound of the church bell
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a mournful expression
▪ glum looking sad and disappointed:
Don’t look so glum! Maybe you’ll win next time.
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They sat in glum silence.
▪ wistful especially literary looking a little sad and thoughtful, because you wish that the situation was different:
She looked at him with a wistful smile.