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)
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)
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)