glum
adjective (glum, glummer, glummest); adverb: glumly
Everyday
Sad and quiet, looking unhappy and disappointed. tree →
In the lessons
In stories «glum» shows that a character is down, often after bad news, without crying. Phrases: «look glum», «a glum face», «feeling glum».
Examples
- Why do you look so glum? tree →
- Tom was glum after losing the match. tree →
- The rain made everyone a bit glum. tree →
- She sat glumly by the window. tree →
- Cheer up, glum face! tree →
- The class went glum when break was cancelled. tree →
- “A dog it is,” growled the glum servant. tree →
Note
Comparative glummer, glummest (double m). Milder than «miserable».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «glum» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «glum» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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