glum English

Meaning glum meaning

What does glum mean?

glum

— adjective moody and melancholic

— adjective (= dark, dour, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen) showing a brooding ill humor a dark scowl the proverbially dour New England Puritan a glum, hopeless shrug he sat in moody silence a morose and unsociable manner a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius — Bruce Bliven a sour temper a sullen crowd

Synonyms glum synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as glum?

glum English » English

sullen

morose

moody

gloomy

sad

dour

saturnine

melancholy

sour

sorrowful

glowering

dark

sulky

pessimistic

introverted

dispirited

depressed

cheerless

unhappy

surly

serious

saddened

miserable

melancholic

joyless

insular

heavyhearted

grumpy

dull

distressed

displeased

dismal

despondent

dark-natured

cross

brooding

broken-hearted

blue

angry

afflicted

Topics glum topics

What do people use glum to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful