glum

Other forms of glum

comparative or superlative

glummer

comparative or superlative

glummest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about glum

What does glum mean?

glum means "moody and melancholic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glum?

glum has 1 syllable: glum. In IPA it is /ˈɡlʌm/.

What is another word for glum?

Close synonyms include dark, dour, glowering, moody, morose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glum a common word?

glum is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.