glumness

Definitions of glumness
  1. noun
    an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
    synonyms: gloom, gloominess
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    types:
    cloud
    a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
    bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness
    a bleak and desolate atmosphere
    type of:
    ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
    a particular environment or surrounding influence
  2. noun
    a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
    synonyms: moroseness, sullenness
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    type of:
    moodiness
    a sullen gloomy feeling
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