glum.
Despondent; moody; sullen.
Meaning & usage
Despondent; moody; sullen.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.
To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom. The noun is from Middle English glome, from the verb.
sullenness
Where this word comes from
From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom. The noun is from Middle English glome, from the verb.
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