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Glum has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

sullenness

Verb
1

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

Adjective
1

moody and melancholic

2

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"

"a sour temper"

"a sullen crowd"

3

despondent; moody; sullen

Example Sentences
"a dark scowl" adjective
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan" adjective
"a glum, hopeless shrug" adjective
"he sat in moody silence" adjective
"a morose and unsociable manner" adjective
"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius" adjective
"a sour temper" adjective
"a sullen crowd" adjective
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