Definition of GLUM

glum

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • moody and melancholic
  • showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
    • "a glum, hopeless shrug"

Adj

  • Despondent; moody; sullen.

Verb

  • To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

Noun

  • sullenness

Origin / Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.

Scrabble Score: 7

glum is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
glum is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glum is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

glum is a valid Words With Friends word