glumly

In downcast fashion

Glumly is the adverb form of glum—doing something in a dejected, sullen, or morose manner.

It describes actions performed with visible unhappiness or disappointment: He stared glumly at his phone, waiting for a text that never came.

She glumly pushed her food around the plate.

morose

morosely

In sullen spirits

darkly · somberly · pensively · melancholically · dourly · sourly · grimly · wistfully · lugubriously · mirthlessly

dejected

dejectedly

In a disheartened manner

forlornly · dispiritedly · woefully · sorrowfully · mournfully · dolefully · heartbrokenly · disconsolately · inconsolably · woebegone

irritable

sulkily

In a brooding way

peevishly · crankily · grouchily · surlily · testily · snappishly · cantankerously · irascibly · crossly · sourly

Opposites
emotional manner/mood expression

glumlycheerfully

In a glad manner

happily · joyfully · brightly · cheerily · merrily

Family

glum, glumness, glummer, glummest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G