English to Shona Meaning of glum - glum

Glum :

glum

adjective

kukuvadzwa, ngoko-browed, kusagutsikana, suwa, nhema, richikwidibira, rima, isingafadzi, dzitira, kufinhikana, mwoyo, mugwenga, nezvinyamusi, guva, akafundumwara, sevanoshungurudzwa, ndine hurombo

Glum :: glumGlumly :: glumlyGlumness :: glumness

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Definitions of glum in English

Adjective(1) moody and melancholic(2) showing a brooding ill humor

Examples of glum in English

(1) The cinema trend has been the same - it looked pretty glum at times, but we've ended 2003 with a piece of cinema history.(2) Carrie is looking so glum that it's hard to believe they haven't already told her she's going.(3) She didn't want to, which was why she wore a glum expression as she examined herself.(4) When the three speakers heard what I said, two of them looked quite glum but the third one got up and said that he got it totally wrong.(5) After a minute he hung up the phone with a glum expression on his face and went back to driving meticulously.(6) Everyone looks very glum all the time, for no good reason, and everyone is very elongated.(7) No glum faces, no fake sincerity or hypocritical concern for those he left behind; just an excuse to celebrate the crazy fool.(8) I remember being glum and depressed, at first, about the new ethos of the early eighties.(9) He's got a glum expression on his face making his lips form a straight line and his eyes frown.(10) I was a little glum at the thought of walking back up but it's wonderful what the promise of a farmhouse lunch can conjure up in the way of fortitude.(11) He made a concerted effort to smile his way out of his understandably glum expression while I tried to say what I wanted to say in the right kind of way.(12) That was beastly uncomfortable, and made me even more glum .(13) What's the point in going out for a coffee if you're going to sit there all glum and miserable?(14) Many readers are probably in a glum mood this morning, what with the world trade talks at a seeming impasse.(15) There are a few glum faces after a round of job cuts.(16) We are so German that, going back, we think we must look the part - glum and serious and sincere.

Related Phrases of glum

Related Phrases of glum

Synonyms

Adjective

1. gloomy ::

richikwidibira

2. downcast ::

chakaunyana

3. downhearted ::

mwoyo

4. dejected ::

akasuruvara

5. despondent ::

mwoyo

6. crestfallen ::

crestfallen

8. depressed ::

mwoyo

9. desolate ::

dongo

10. unhappy ::

suwa

11. doleful ::

doleful

12. melancholy ::

kuora mwoyo

13. miserable ::

undundika

14. woebegone ::

woebegone

15. mournful ::

dzokuchema

16. forlorn ::

forlorn

17. in the doldrums ::

ari doldrums

18. morose ::

morose

19. blue ::

bhuruu

21. in a blue funk ::

mune yebhuruu Funk

22. down in the dumps ::

zasi nenzvimbo dzokurasira

Antonyms

1. bright ::

inopenya

2. cheerful ::

sununguka

3. cheery ::

dzinonakidza

4. cordial ::

Wirirana

5. festive ::

pamitambo

6. friendly ::

shamwaridzana

7. gay ::

ngochani

Different Forms

glum, glumly, glumness

Word Example from TV Shows

Why so GLUM, chum?

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 18

Oh, is that why you're so fucking GLUM, hey?

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 4

Examples of glum from TV Shows

Why so GLUM, chum?

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 18

Oh, is that why you're so fucking GLUM, hey?

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 4

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