glumness
- noun
- /ˈɡlʌmnəs/
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tristeza
- Her glumness was evident as she stared out the window, lost in thought.
Examples
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"I know," he responded, unable to keep the glumness out of his voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sodden glumness he'd felt after the EPA men had run everyone off was gone.
Fiction book (1993) -
He then strives to illustrate the feelings of glumness and futility that engulf this person in the face of these sights of nature.
Academic text (2005) -
Our heroine's main personality traits are rudeness, glumness, temper, disinterest in hygiene, violence against musical instruments, and arrogance.
Blog text (2) -
After receiving the bad news, a deep sense of glumness settled over the entire room.
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The team felt a heavy glumness after losing the championship game.
Synonyms
330
3.7
A deep feeling of sadness and loss of interest in life
229
1.0
A feeling of being unhappy
210
3.5
A complete loss of hope
46
3.2
A feeling of sadness and low spirits
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
8
8.0
A sad heavy feeling that hangs over a place
4
8.3
A strong feeling of sadness and loss of hope after something bad
3
6.3
A cold, empty feeling that makes a place or situation seem sad
1
6.2
A dull, gloomy feeling that makes things seem not interesting
1
7.9
A quiet, gloomy mood that shows anger or hurt
1
6.5
A serious, sad mood that feels quiet and heavy
1
3.4
A feeling of sadness and little hope felt by people or in a place
1
3.5
A feeling of being a little sad or down
1
8.8
A feeling of deep sadness and no hope
1
6.5
A deep, quiet feeling or look of sadness
1
8.4
A gloomy, unfriendly mood that makes a person quiet and hard to approach
A feeling of sadness and little interest in things
A time when someone feels sad and without energy
A feeling of being discouraged and without much hope
A feeling of sadness and low energy
A feeling of being sad and having little hope
A feeling of being sad or low
A deep feeling of sadness about a loss
A feeling of sadness and no hope
A feeling of being unwell and generally unhappy
A feeling of gloom and sadness that lowers your mood
A deep sadness that nothing can comfort
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Glumness comes from the adjective glum, which is closely related to gloom, a word that once meant 'darkness' or 'sadness'. That's why glumness describes a kind of 'inner darkness' or 'low spirits'.