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glum

[gluhm] / glʌm /


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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

As April 12 elections near, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party contends with glum voters and economic woes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

And when I toured the Los Alamos lab right after the collapse of the other great superpower of that moment, the Soviet Union, it was curious how glum the people I met there were.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

The five of us were to go out to dinner that night, and when the twins and I showed up at Henry’s apartment, we found him looking especially glum.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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