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Webster 1913 Edition

Glum

Glum

(glŭm)
,
Noun.
[See
Gloom
.]
Sullenness.
[Obs.]
Skelton.

Glum

,
Adj.
Moody; silent; sullen.
I frighten people by my
glun
face.
Thackeray.

Glum

,
Verb.
I.
To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
[Obs.]
Hawes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glum

GLUM

,
Adj.
Frowning; sullen. [Little used.]

GLUM

,
Noun.
Sullenness; and, as a verb, to look sullen. [Not in use.]

Definition 2025

Glum

Glum

See also: glum and glüm

Czech

Proper noun

Glum m

  1. Gollum

glum

glum

See also: Glum and glüm

English

Verb

glum ‎(third-person singular simple present glums, present participle glumming, simple past and past participle glummed)

  1. (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hawes to this entry?)

Noun

glum ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sullenness
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

glum ‎(comparative glummer, superlative glummest)

  1. despondent; moody; sullen
    • Thackeray
      I frighten people by my glum face.
Translations

Etymology

From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben ‎(“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom ‎(“gloom”). More at gloom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

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