# glum

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɡlʌm/ · frequency rank #51,727

## Definitions
1. Despondent; moody; sullen.

## Etymology
Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glum