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glum
adjective /ɡlʌm/ (glummer, glummest) informalDefinition
› disappointed or unhappy, and quiet: You look glum. What's up? He's very glum about the company's prospects.Feeling sad and unhappyNot hopeful › If a place is glum, it is not attractive and has nothing that causes pleasure: They live in one glum little room.Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant glumly
/ˈɡlʌm.li/ adverb › "I'll never find another job at my age," she said glumly.Feeling sad and unhappyNot hopeful glumness
/ˈɡlʌm.nəs/ noun [U] Sadness and regret
(Definition of glum adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy adjective
- charmless adjective
- florid adjective (DECORATED)
- gaunt adjective
- ghoulish adjective
- horsey adjective
- inelegant adjective
- look a fright idiom
- minger noun
- monstrosity noun
- mutton dressed as lamb idiom
- putrid adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- ugly adjective (NOT ATTRACTIVE)
- unappealing adjective
- unattractive adjective
- unbecoming adjective
- unflattering adjective
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