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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Glum.

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Examples

  • "I shall go all gloomy and glumpish if you scold me as soon as we get here, " complained Snubby.

    The Rubadub Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

  • Mrs Glump suddenly appeared, looking extremely -glumpish" as Snubby would say, "Barney!

    The Rubadub Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

  • "She'll give us her most glumpish look, " said Snubby.

    The Rubadub Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

  • An’ it worrets me as Mr. Tom’ll sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin’ his brow, an’ a-lookin’ at the fire of a night.

    IV. Brother and Sister. Book VI—The Great Temptation 1917

  • Mr. Tom'll sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin 'his brow, an' a-lookin 'at the fire of a night.

    The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849

  • Dolements could beset anyone, but especially a fiddlefaced glumpish fellow whose grum and glum afflicted all of his friends and neighbors with a severe outbreak of the humpy-grumpies.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1 1980

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