glumness

glum  (glm)

adj. glum·mer, glum·mest

1. Moody and melancholy; dejected.

2. Gloomy; dismal.

n.

1. The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it: "He was a charming mixture of glum and glee" (Lillian Hellman).

2. glums Chiefly British The blues. Often used with the: "Most other publications have got the glums" (Tina Brown).

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[Probably akin to Middle English gloumen, to become dark; see gloom.]

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glumly adv.

glumness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	glumness - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" gloominess, gloom ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" cloud - a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French" bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
	2.	glumness - a gloomy ill-tempered feeling moroseness, sullenness moodiness - a sullen gloomy feeling

Translations

glumness

n → Bedrücktheit f, → Niedergeschlagenheit f