glum

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm === Etymology 1 === Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy. ==== Adjective ==== glum (comparative glummer, superlative glummest) Despondent; moody; sullen. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cheerless, Thesaurus:sullen ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom. The noun is from Middle English glome, from the verb. ==== Verb ==== glum (third-person singular simple present glums, present participle glumming, simple past and past participle glummed) (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. ==== Noun ==== glum (uncountable) (obsolete) sullenness === References === == Swedish == === Verb === glum (Internet slang, humorous) deliberate misspelling of glömde (“forgot”); forgor