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glum definition
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Grep of noun glum glume glumness Overview of adj glum The adj glum has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) glum, gloomy, long-faced -- (reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces") 2. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd") Antonyms of adj glum 2 senses of glum Sense 1 glum, gloomy, long-faced INDIRECT (VIA dejected) -> elated Sense 2 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured Similarity of adj glum 2 senses of glum Sense 1 glum, gloomy, long-faced => dejected (vs. elated) Sense 2 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen => ill-natured (vs. good-natured) Attributes of adj glum Familiarity of adj glum glum used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj glum glum Overview of adj glum The adj glum has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) glum, gloomy, long-faced -- (reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces") 2. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd")
glum definition
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