glum
Wearing a frown
Glum describes a mood of quiet dejection or sullen discontent—not dramatic grief, but a low-grade unhappiness that shows in the face.
Someone glum sits silently, unenthusiastic about everything: He looked glum after hearing the news.
A glum expression suggests disappointment or worry without tears or outbursts.
Low in spirits
- unhappyExperiencing sorrow or displeasure
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
discouraged · dispirited · morose · mournful · woeful · heavyhearted · somber · doleful
Anxiously dwelling on something
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- surlyBad-tempered and unfriendly
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- moodyProne to sullenness
pouty · frowning · scowling · glowering · petulant · peevish · churlish · cross
Dull and depressing
cheerless · depressing · funereal · subdued · leaden · pallid · heavy · oppressive
Expecting negative outcomes
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- defeatedOvercome in contest
- resignedYielded to circumstances
- despairingCompletely without hope
hopeless · fatalistic · grim · demoralized · crushed · dismal · defeatist · negative
Longing for the past
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
misty-eyed · bittersweet · longing · rueful · reflective · regretful · plaintive · elegiac
downhearted
Low in spirits
- unhappyExperiencing sorrow or displeasure
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
disheartened · discouraged · dispirited · morose · mournful · woeful · heavyhearted · somber · doleful · woebegone
brooding
Anxiously dwelling on something
moody · pouty · frowning · scowling · glowering · petulant · peevish · churlish · cross · resentful
dreary
Dull and depressing
drab · cheerless · depressing · funereal · subdued · leaden · pallid · heavy · oppressive · lifeless
pessimistic
Expecting negative outcomes
despairing · hopeless · fatalistic · grim · demoralized · crushed · dismal · defeatist · negative · cynical
nostalgic
Longing for the past
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- wistfulSadly longing for something
yearning · misty-eyed · bittersweet · longing · rueful · reflective · regretful · plaintive · elegiac
- slang moodsbummed, chill, cranky, edgy, grumpy
- adjectivesbig, urgent, amazing, temporary, bold
- moodshappy, sad, angry, anxious, excited
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- somberbleak, dreary, dismal, melancholy, mournful
- dejectiondejected, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited