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GLUMNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gloomy ill-tempered feeling
Synonyms:
glumness; moroseness; sullenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("glumness" is a kind of...):
moodiness (a sullen gloomy feeling)
Derivation:
glum (moody and melancholic)
glum (showing a brooding ill humor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An atmosphere of depression and melancholy
Example:
gloom pervaded the office
Synonyms:
gloom; gloominess; glumness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("glumness" is a kind of...):
ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glumness"):
cloud (a cause of worry or gloom or trouble)
bareness; bleakness; desolation; nakedness (a bleak and desolate atmosphere)
