glum
What he needs to pull him out of this glumness is a new project.
Glumness apart, he nonetheless would like to be thought of as a comic writer.
He gave her a knowing twinkle, before lapsing into glumness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Sadness and regret
aw
be/weigh on your conscienceidiom
bitter
black dog
breastbeating
cry
doom and gloom
feel badidiom
gloominess
groan
guilt
guilt complex
melancholia
prick someone's conscienceidiom
regretful
regretfully
remorse
remorseful
repentant
wretchedness
Examples of glumness
glumness
For them, bad news is often good news, and their
glumness is self-evident.
From the
Hansard archive
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Rumors tell that he feeds primarily on new staff members and/or interns, which explains the perpetual
glumness of those not currently eaten.
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Wikipedia
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