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Webster 1913 Edition


Grum

Grum

(grŭm)
,
Adj.
[Cf. Dan.
grum
furious, Sw.
grym
, AS.
gram
, and E.
grim
, and
grumble
. √35.]
1.
Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.
“Nick looked sour and grum.”
Arbuthnof.
2.
Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling;
as, a
grum
voice
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Grum

GRUM

, a.
1.
Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly.
2.
Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as a grum voice.

Definition 2024


grum

grum

English

Adjective

grum (comparative grummer, superlative grummest)

  1. Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 58:
      She cast a speculative look upon her husband, silent and grum as if he had been thus gruffly carved out of wood.
  2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural
    a grum voice

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • grumly
  • grumness

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin grumus.

Noun

grum n (plural grumuri)

  1. (obsolete) pile, bundle, heap

Synonyms

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