GLUM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GLUM?

Need another word that means the same as “glum”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “glum” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Glum” are: dark, dour, glowering, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, dejected, disconsolate, dispirited, despondent, crestfallen, depressed, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, desolate, in low spirits, low-spirited, sad, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, long-faced, in the doldrums, wretched, lugubrious, sepulchral, mirthless

Glum as an Adjective

Definitions of "Glum" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glum” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Moody and melancholic.
• Looking or feeling dejected; morose.
• Showing a brooding ill humor.
• Showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bli.

Synonyms of "Glum" as an adjective (38 Words)

crestfallen	Brought low in spirit. He came back empty handed and crestfallen.
dark	Of a person having dark skin hair or eyes. He lives somewhere in darkest Essex.
dejected	Sad and depressed; dispirited. Is dejected but trying to look cheerful.
demoralized	Made less hopeful or enthusiastic. Desperate demoralized people looking for work.
depressed	(of an object or part of an object) in a lower position, having been pushed down. Depressed by the loss of his job.
desolate	Providing no shelter or sustenance. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft.
despondent	Without or almost without hope. She grew more and more despondent.
disappointed	Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one’s hopes or expectations. Disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions.
disconsolate	Causing dejection. A disconsolate winter landscape.
discouraged	Lacking in resolution. The accident left others discouraged about going there.
disheartened	Having lost determination or confidence; dispirited. The disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest.
dispirited	Filled with melancholy and despondency. A dispirited and divided Party.
doleful	Filled with or evoking sadness. A doleful look.
dour	Stubbornly unyielding- T.S.Eliot. A dour self sacrificing life.
downcast	Directed downward. Her modestly downcast eyes.
downhearted	Discouraged; in low spirits. Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost.
forlorn	Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely. The last forlorn attempt.
gloomy	Depressingly dark. The gloomy forest.
glowering	Showing a brooding ill humor.
in low spirits	Directed or bound inward.
in the doldrums	Holding office.
long-faced	Having a face longer than the usual.
low-spirited	Filled with melancholy and despondency.
lugubrious	Excessively mournful. His face looked even more lugubrious than usual.
melancholy	Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. Growing more melancholy every hour.
mirthless	(of a smile or laugh) lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony. He gave a short mirthless laugh.
miserable	(of a person) habitually morose. Miserable victims of war.
moody	Showing a brooding ill humor. Grainy film which gives a soft moody effect.
morose	Showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bli. A morose and unsociable manner.
mournful	Expressing sorrow. Mournful music.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad. Feeling sad because his dog had died.
saturnine	Showing a brooding ill humor. A saturnine setting.
sepulchral	Gloomy; dismal. Hollow sepulchral tones.
sour	(of petroleum or natural gas) containing a relatively high proportion of sulphur. He gave her a sour look.
sullen	Darkened by clouds. A sullen pout.
unhappy	Causing discomfort. Unhappy caravans straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes.
woebegone	Sad or miserable in appearance. A woebegone old shack.
wretched	Deserving or inciting pity. Spent a wretched night on the floor.

Usage Examples of "Glum" as an adjective

• The princess looked glum but later cheered up.
• A glum, hopeless shrug.

Associations of "Glum" (30 Words)

ashen	Anemic looking from illness or emotion. The ashen morning sky.
cheerless	Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. The corridors were ill lit and cheerless.
curfew	The hour designated as the beginning of a curfew. To be abroad after curfew without permission was to risk punishment.
dark	Of a person having dark skin hair or eyes. A dark secret.
darken	Tarnish or stain. The abuse darkened the rest of their lives.
dawn	The first light of day. The dawn of civilization.
daybreak	The time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn. She set off at daybreak.
dour	Stubbornly unyielding. A hard dour humourless fanatic.
downcast	A shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation. You mustn t be downcast.
dusk	Become dusk. The sky dusked and the shadows got long and hard.
dusky	Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. The dusky night rides down the sky And ushers in the morn.
evening	An evening characterized by a particular event or activity. Saturday evenings he invariably fell asleep.
flashlight	A small portable battery-powered electric lamp.
gloaming	Twilight; dusk. Hundreds of lights are already shimmering in the gloaming.
gloomy	Causing dejection. Gloomy forecasts about the economy.
gray	English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation was named 1905 1965. Gray flannel suit.
morose	Sullen and ill-tempered. A morose and unsociable manner.
murkiness	The quality of being cloudy.
nightfall	The onset of night; dusk. We had to get back by nightfall.
nocturnally	At night.
saturnine	Showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bli. A saturnine setting.
shadowy	Lacking in substance- W.A.Butler. Dim shadowy forms.
shady	Quiet, dark, or concealed. They sprawled under a shady carob tree.
silhouette	Project on a background such as a screen like a silhouette. We can always use a silhouette of Father Christmas.
stygian	Hellish- Milton.
sullen	Bad-tempered and sulky. A sullen pout.
sunday	First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.
swarthy	Naturally having skin of a dark color. A smile on his swarthy face.
tenebrous	Dark and gloomy. The tenebrous spiral staircase of the self.
twilight	Lighted by or as if by twilight Henry Fielding. He loved the twilight.