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Meaning of 'glum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Glum [ a.]
- Moody; silent; sullen.
2 . Glum [ n.]
- Sullenness.
3 . Glum [ v. i.]
- To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

Meaning of 'glum' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . glum [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing a brooding ill humor
Example in sentence:
  • a dark scowl;
  • a glum, hopeless shrug;
  • a morose and unsociable manner;
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius;
  • a sour temper;
  • a sullen crowd;
  • he sat in moody silence;
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan

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