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glum

[gluhm] / glʌm /


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It helps explain why consumers feel so glum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

There were glum faces in the directors' box as Chelsea failed to compete against Brighton, in what one senior source described as a turning point in the club's stance on Rosenior.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Don’t expect us to remain upset or all feel glum at the same time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Ged looked glum at that, but the ship and her men were in danger for him, so he raised up the magewind into her sail.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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