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[ adjective ] reflecting gloom

Synonyms

long-faced gloomy

Examples

"gloomy faces"

Used in print

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

They were silent for a little while , each looking glum .

Related terms

dejected

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[ adjective ] showing a brooding ill humor

Examples

"a dark scowl" "the proverbially dour New England Puritan" "a glum, hopeless shrug" "in moody silence" "a morose and unsociable manner" "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven "a sour temper"

Related terms

ill-natured

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