glum

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Those who surrounded him were equally glum -- they, too, scowled upon the field, the players, and the people.

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  1. adjective Moody and melancholy; dejected.
  2. adjective Gloomy; dismal.
  3. noun The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it: "He was a charming mixture of glum and glee” (Lillian Hellman).
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  • The two dark-skinned Egyptians and their four bodyguards might have been pallbearers at a funeral, so glum were their expressions One of the onlookers was a young college student. —  093 - The Awful Dynasty
  • His face grew glum, and he looked down at the table. —  Muller, Marcia - [14] Wolf in the shadows
  • His manner was glum, and yet at bottom this was the kind of moment he enjoyed—even, perhaps, what he would miss most after he retired. —  Maigret and the Lazy Burglar—Georges Simenon 85
  • He was hunched up, barely cognizant of the world passing by him, his expression glum as I moved from lane to lane to maintain my speed. —  XXXX
  • I suppose it is partly this—that many people are ill-bred, glum, and suspicious, and can't bear the idea of their faults being recorded. —  Father Payne
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morose ·  dour ·  disapprove ·  surly ·  sheepish ·  somber ·  despondent ·  reticent ·  sorrowful ·  sullen ·  dejected ·  peevish
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably akin to Middle English gloumen, to become dark; see gloom.

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  1. from Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben, frown, look sullen: see gloom, v., of which glum is but another form (like gum, another form of goom), and cf. glum, adjective
  2. from glum, v., but perhaps, as an adjective, of Low German origin. Cf. Low German glum, German dial. glumm, gloomy, troubled, turbid: see glum, v., and cf. glummy, gloomy.
 

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