grum

[ gruhm ]

adjective

, grum·mer, grum·mest.

1. grim; glum; surly.

Other Words From

• grumly adverb
• grumness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grum¹

1630–40; probably blend of grim and glum

Example Sentences

His wife, who thought a great deal of the good Giant, was sorry to see that he was silent and rather grum.

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I had the honour of keeping an anchor-watch in company with a grum old Swede, as we lay in the Hudson.

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A grum, melancholy note came floating over the long sea swells—Oo-oo-oo-ooh!

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So it went on—grumble, grumble, grumble, grum— And that Rachel actually put her arm round his neck and kissed his cross red face.

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Troth, we e'en fitted them and clawed 'em off with a vengeance, for all they looked so big and so grum.

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