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US /ɡlʌm/
Freq #21032

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1 adj · sad, gloomy, and low in... cheerlessdismaldoleful
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Forms glummerglummest

Etymology

From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom. The noun is from Middle English glome, from the verb.

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