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单词 glumness
释义

glum

adjective

ˈgləm How to pronounce glum (audio)
glummer; glummest
1
: broodingly morose
became glum when they heard the news
2
: dreary, gloomy
a glum countenance
glumly adverb
glumness noun

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • Cimmerian
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • dire
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • drear
  • dreary
  • dreich [chiefly Scottish]
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • funereal
  • gloomy
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • miserable
  • morbid
  • morose
  • murky
  • plutonian
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

There's no need to look so glum—things will get better soon. There was a glum silence in the room.
Recent Examples on the Web But Fraser doesn’t play him with a heavy, glum, downbeat vibe. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 The glum economic mood — especially around gas prices — also poses a huge political issue for the Biden administration going into the midterm elections. Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 This book on the plight of coral reefs spikes the normally glum discourse about ocean conservation with a measure of capitalist techno-optimism, arguing that a combination of marine science and smart business could yet bring salvation. The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 For the most part, though, the capital soon settled back into a familiar, glum routine of making do with far too little. Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 But the mood among many is glum in the face of a new threat: censorship. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022 After a long, glum winter of batch soups and stews, the first warm day of spring sent him reeling. Helen Longstreth, The New Yorker, 17 July 2022 Despite all those glum headlines, overall U.S. hiring was up 0.4% [month-over-month]. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 June 2022 It’s not just Wall Street that is increasingly glum. New York Times, 14 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

akin to Middle English gloumen to gloom

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

glum

adjective

ˈgləm How to pronounce glum (audio)
glummer; glummest
: gloomy and sad
a glum expression
"You probably don't ever get in trouble anyway," said Bean, feeling glum. "I'm always in trouble." Annie Barrows, Ivy {amp} Bean

glumness

noun

as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits her obvious glumness told us that she hadn't gotten the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sadness
  • sorrowfulness
  • melancholy
  • depression
  • mournfulness
  • gloom
  • sorrow
  • gloominess
  • grief
  • anguish
  • joylessness
  • unhappiness
  • dejection
  • miserableness
  • dreariness
  • heartsickness
  • downheartedness
  • misery
  • blues
  • forlornness
  • oppression
  • despair
  • despondence
  • desperation
  • agony
  • dumps
  • despondency
  • boredom
  • mopes
  • mourning
  • doldrums
  • melancholia
  • pain
  • somberness
  • disconsolateness
  • blue devils
  • despond
  • dispiritedness
  • distress
  • dolefulness
  • desolation
  • disheartenment
  • regret
  • discouragement
  • ennui
  • moroseness
  • hopelessness
  • dolor
  • morbidness
  • self-pity
  • wretchedness
  • woe
  • moodiness
  • tedium
  • drear
  • woefulness
  • dismalness
  • self-despair
  • rue
  • morosity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • joy
  • joyousness
  • exuberance
  • euphoria
  • happiness
  • exultation
  • elation
  • jubilation
  • joyfulness
  • ecstasy
  • exhilaration
  • intoxication
  • bliss
  • mirth
  • rapture
  • optimism
  • joviality
  • gladness
  • jollity
  • gayety
  • gaiety
  • glee
  • humor
  • felicity
  • lightheartedness
  • cheerfulness
  • cheeriness
  • heaven
  • hopefulness
  • merriment
  • blissfulness
  • gayness
  • gleefulness
  • mirthfulness
  • cheer
  • contentment
  • satisfaction
  • elatedness
  • sunniness
  • contentedness
  • content
  • rapturousness
  • gladsomeness
  • gratification
  • delight
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