Glum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

moody and melancholic

showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈækniˌɪzəm/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈʌm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈʌm/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈækniˌɪzəm/.

Examples

a dark scowl
the proverbially dour New England Puritan
a glum, hopeless shrug

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sullen dark saturnine sour moody morose dour glowering

Parts of Speech

adjective	moody and melancholic
adjective	showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven “a dark scowl”

Word Forms

glumness	noun	a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
moodiness	noun	a sullen gloomy feeling
moroseness	noun	a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
sourness	noun	a sullen moody resentful disposition
sullenness	noun	a sullen moody resentful disposition

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

düster

launisch und melancholisch

🇫🇷French

maussade

maussade et mélancolique

🇪🇸Spanish

sombrío

de mal humor y melancólico

🇮🇹Italian

triste

lunatico e malinconico

🇳🇱Dutch

somber

humeurig en melancholisch

🇵🇹Portuguese

taciturno

temperamental e melancólico

🇷🇺Russian

мрачный

угрюмый и меланхоличный

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उदास

मूडी और उदास

🇧🇩Bengali

আঠা

মেজাজ এবং বিষন্ন

🇮🇳Tamil

பசை

மனநிலை மற்றும் மனச்சோர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

జిగురు

మూడీ మరియు మెలాంచోలిక్

🇮🇳Marathi

ग्लॅम

मूडी आणि उदास

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગુંદર

મૂડી અને ખિન્ન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಂಟು

ಮೂಡಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಷಣ್ಣತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്ലം

മാനസികാവസ്ഥയും വിഷാദവും

🇵🇰Urdu

اداس

مزاج اور اداس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

闷闷不乐

喜怒无常、忧郁

🇯🇵Japanese

陰気な

不機嫌で憂鬱な

🇰🇷Korean

무뚝뚝한

변덕스럽고 우울하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ủ rũ

ủ rũ và u sầu

🇹🇭Thai

อึมครึม

อารมณ์แปรปรวนและเศร้าโศก

🇮🇩Indonesian

murung

murung dan melankolis

🇵🇭Filipino

malungkot

moody at melancholic

🇲🇾Malay

murung

murung dan melankolik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كئيب

متقلب المزاج وحزين

🇮🇷Persian

غمگین

بد خلق و مالیخولیایی

🇹🇷Turkish

asık suratlı

karamsar ve melankolik

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְדוּכדָך

מצבי רוח ומלנכולי

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