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# glum

adjective (glum, glummer, glummest); adverb: glumly

«glum» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Sad and quiet, looking unhappy and disappointed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x1)
- Tom was glum after losing the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x2)
- The rain made everyone a bit glum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x3)
- She sat glumly by the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x4)
- Cheer up, glum face! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x5)
- The class went glum when break was cancelled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x6)
- “A dog it is,” growled the glum servant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/#x7)

### Note

Comparative glummer, glummest (double m). Milder than «miserable».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glum» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glum/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glum» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glum.html) on Mova free.