glum (Meaning)
glum (s)
moody and melancholic
showing a brooding ill humor
glum (n.)
Sullenness.
glum (a.)
Moody; silent; sullen.
glum (v. i.)
To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
Synonyms & Antonyms of glum
Synonyms:
- distressful
- tenebrific
- dour
- elegiacal
- dispiriting
- disheartening
- discouraging
- grim
- negative
- dim
- despondent
- pessimistic
- plaintive
- godforsaken
- dull
- hopeless
- discomfiting
- Cimmerian
- dismaying
- down
- woeful
- desperate
- sorrowful
- plutonian
- melancholic
- mournful
- menacing
- sunless
- threatening
- low
- colorless
- mirthless
- drab
- tenebrous
- upsetting
- lamentable
- hangdog
- droopy
- woebegone
- distressing
- inconsolable
Antonyms:
glum Sentence Examples
- The glum expression on her face betrayed her disappointment.
- The sky was a glum shade of gray, reflecting the team's glum mood after their loss.
- The glum silence in the room hung heavy, as the students contemplated the grim news.
- The glum look on his face told a story of heartbreak and despair.
- The glum party guests sat around the table, their spirits dampened by the cancellation.
- The weather report predicted a glum outlook for the weekend, casting a pall over everyone's plans.
- The glum cashier greeted customers with a forced smile, hiding her true feelings.
- The glum investors watched as the stock market plummeted, their hopes fading away.
- The glum audience listened to the dull speech, their expressions revealing their boredom.
- The glum dog lay beside the couch, its tail tucked between its legs, reflecting its owner's low mood.
FAQs About the word glum
moody and melancholic, showing a brooding ill humorSullenness., Moody; silent; sullen., To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
dark, grey, lonely, lonesome, depressing, desolate,bleak, somber, murky, gray
friendly, gay, comforting, merry, joyful, bright, buoyant, gay, friendly, cordial
The glum expression on her face betrayed her disappointment.
The sky was a glum shade of gray, reflecting the team's glum mood after their loss.
The glum silence in the room hung heavy, as the students contemplated the grim news.
The glum look on his face told a story of heartbreak and despair.
