grum

American  

[gruhm] / grʌm /

adjective

grummer, grummest

1. grim; glum; surly.

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Other Word Forms

• grumly adverb
• grumness noun

Etymology

Origin of grum

1630–40; probably blend of grim and glum

Example Sentences

The ringing sound “belled through the grum of the tractor that grundled up from the collecting yard.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Although Paddy today admits that a few members still will not speak to him, for all his gruff and grum, he is frequently remembered with affection as a mildly eccentric but effective Club Secretary.

From Golf Digest • May 5, 2020

And, peace, the grum bling reader is also grateful.

From Time Magazine Archive

Victim has a neat plot, deft direction by Basil Dearden, and the sort of grum good manners one expects of the British in these trying situations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joe is about 20 years old, about five feet six inches high, heavy built, and has a grum look and voice dull, and black.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William