Glum Definition
glŭm
glummer, glummest
adjective
glummer, glummest
Moody and melancholy; dejected.
American Heritage
Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose.
Webster's New World
noun
The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it.
American Heritage
The blues. Often used with the:
American Heritage
(obsolete) Sullenness.
Wiktionary
verb
(obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Glum
Adjective
Base Form:
glum
Comparative:
glummer
Superlative:
glummestOrigin of Glum
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From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom.
From Wiktionary
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Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.
From Wiktionary
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Probably akin to Middle English gloumen to become dark gloom
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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