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    GLUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: glummer  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, glummest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: glummer  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: glummest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Moody and melancholicplay

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    dejected (affected or marked by low spirits)

    Derivation:

    glumness (a gloomy ill-tempered feeling)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Showing a brooding ill humorplay

    Example:

    a sullen crowd

    Synonyms:

    dark; dour; glowering; glum; moody; morose; saturnine; sour; sullen

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

    Derivation:

    glumness (a gloomy ill-tempered feeling)

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