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GLUMNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does glumness mean?

• GLUMNESS (noun)
The noun GLUMNESS has 2 senses:

1. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
2. a gloomy ill-tempered feeling

Familiarity information: GLUMNESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GLUMNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An atmosphere of depression and melancholy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

gloominess; glumness; gloom

Context example:

gloom pervaded the office

Hypernyms ("glumness" is a kind of...):

ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glumness"):

cloud (a cause of worry or gloom or trouble)

bareness; bleakness; desolation; nakedness (a bleak and desolate atmosphere)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A gloomy ill-tempered feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

moroseness; sullenness; glumness

Hypernyms ("glumness" is a kind of...):

moodiness (a sullen gloomy feeling)

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