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Glumness

Glumness \Glum"ness\, n. Moodiness; sullenness.

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glumness

n. The emotion of being glum.

WordNet
glumness
  1. n. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloom, gloominess]

  2. a gloomy ill-tempered feeling [syn: moroseness, sullenness]

Usage examples of "glumness".

I have a strong recollection of the discomfort of that occasion, for Johnson relapsed into glumness and presently we rose to leave.

Langley wondered with a certain glumness whether any other outcome would have been possible in the long run.