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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or character of being glum; sullenness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Moodiness; sullenness.

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  • noun The emotion of being glum.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
  • noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling

Etymologies

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glum +‎ -ness

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