glum
pronunciation
How to pronounce glum in British English:
UK [glʌm]
How to pronounce glum in American English:
US [ɡlʌm]
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- Adjective:
- reflecting gloom
- showing a brooding ill humor
Word Origin
- glum (adj.)
- 1540s, "sullen, moody, frowning," from Middle English gloumen (v.) "become dark" (c. 1300), later gloumben "look gloomy or sullen" (late 14c.); see gloom. Or from or influenced by Low German glum "gloomy, troubled, turbid." In English the word was also formerly a noun meaning "a sullen look" (1520s). An 18c. extended or colloquial form glump led to the expression the glumps "a fit of sulkiness." Glunch (1719) was a Scottish variant. Related: Glumly; glumness.
Example
- 1. Glum israelis likened the event to thieves entering in the night .
- 2. Supermarkets add to this glum picture .
- 3. Asset management bosses are unusually glum .
- 4. Don 't look so glum . She was just worried .
- 5. He felt people might look glum because of frizzy 's death .