Used in a Sentence

glum

How to use glum in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for glum.

Editorial note

" She got all glum and said "Yeah.

Examples11
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

moody and melancholic

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of glum gathered in one view.

adjective

moody and melancholic

adjective

showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for glum.

adjective

moody and melancholic

adjective

showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

Example sentences

1

" She got all glum and said "Yeah.

2

Throw in unemployment, and the picture is doubly glum.

3

I'm glad our generation is getting "mad as hell" rather than depressed and glum.

4

There are two ways that argument fails for me, if this stuff is going to be a huge enabler, why is the article so glum?

5

If it's a glum sign for Apple that China has lost interest and that they still sold 10+m devices, I'm sure they won't be too upset.

6

It seems people will fervently argue a side no matter how glum/impractical/uneconomical the situation is.

7

Maybe I'm just a hippy at heart, but that $185k really rubs me the wrong way. It's a step back to the bad old days of broadcasting licenses that only big companies can afford to buy and given the stagnation of old media that makes me a bit glum.

8

Crikey that's glum.\nLive coding is developing vibrant communities of practice, and finding large audiences.

9

Speculation that the person had a hunch they were about to get sick and figured, "what the heck, might as well get to the US where they'll save me... it's kinda glum here in Liberia anyways?

10

I've thought about this a fair bit since I gained my own interest in AI, and for me its answered thus: Because science, in general, is pretty glum about intelligence - in that there is no definition for it, and its not very well understood at all.

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The history of experiments on human minds is pretty grisly too. \nGiven plenty of reasons to believe the acceleration of technical progress won't lead to blissful happiness, and the tendency for blissful happiness to be a dull storyline anyway, why wouldn't SciFi continue to be glum about AIFor all the article's comments about the "mindboggling" potential of Moore's law, my word processor looks about the same as it did nineteen years ago, and computers still suck at simple games like Go that, unlike chess, can't be brute forced.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use glum in a sentence?

" She got all glum and said "Yeah.

What does glum mean?

moody and melancholic

What part of speech is glum?

glum is commonly used as adjective.