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glum

adjective

1 glum

Moody and melancholic.

Roget 832: discontented; dissatisfied etc. v.; unsatisfied, ungratified; dissident; dissentient etc. 489; malcontent, malcontented, exigent, exacting, ... show more

2 glum

Showing a brooding ill humor:
— A glum, hopeless shrug.

synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.

Roget 837: cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery; unlively; unhappy etc. 828; melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, ... show more

Roget 901a: sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed; grouty [U.S.]; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; ... show more

Polish: posępny, chmurny, ponury


Moby thesaurus: beetle-browed, black, black-browed, brooding, broody, chapfallen, close-lipped, crabbed, crestfallen, dark, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dour, down, dumpish, frowning, gloomy ... show more.

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