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Definition of glum adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

glum

adjective
 
/ɡlʌm/
 
/ɡlʌm/
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  1. sad, quiet and unhappy synonym gloomy
    • The players sat there with glum looks on their faces.
    • The couple looked distinctly glum.
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlum is used with these nouns:
    • look
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: related to dialect glum ‘to frown’, variant of gloom.
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