Definition of GLUM

glum

Adjective Satellite

  • moody and melancholic
  • showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
    • "a glum, hopeless shrug"

Adj

  • Despondent; moody; sullen.

Verb

  • To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

Noun

  • sullenness

Adjective

  • Feeling or looking depressed; in low spirits.

Examples

  • After scoring only ten points, my opponent looked quite GLUM.

Origin / Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.

Scrabble Score: 7

glum: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
glum: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glum: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

glum: valid Words With Friends Word