glumness
A downcast disposition
Glumness is the state of being glum—quietly unhappy, dejected, or dispirited.
It suggests a subdued, low-energy melancholy rather than dramatic grief or anger.
Someone in a state of glumness might sit silently, avoid eye contact, or respond with minimal enthusiasm.
His glumness after the rejection lasted for days.
The word carries a sense of sullenness without hostility.
Changeable emotional state
- sullennessSilently resentful ill humor
- sulkinessState of moody resentment
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- morosenessIll-tempered gloominess
grumpiness · dourness · sourness · peevishness · irritability · petulance · churlishness · surliness
State of emotional pain
- dejectionState of lowness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- downheartednessState of feeling dispirited
- unhappinessEmotional distress or woe
low spirits · heavyheartedness · cheerlessness · joylessness · dispiritedness · desolation · discouragement · dismay
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- graynessNeutral, muted hue
overcast · somber · dullness · darkness · shadow · murk · pallor · colorlessness
Deep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
anguish · woe · misery · lamentation · tears · suffering · grieving · bereft
Subdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- pensivenessReflective, slightly sad mood
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
- plaintivenessSorrowful, yearning quality
forlornness · tristesse · weltschmerz · ennui · languor · listlessness · reflectiveness · introspection
moodiness
Changeable emotional state
- sullennessSilently resentful ill humor
- sulkinessState of moody resentment
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
moroseness · grumpiness · dourness · sourness · peevishness · irritability · petulance · churlishness · surliness · crankiness
sadness
State of emotional pain
- dejectionState of lowness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- downheartednessState of feeling dispirited
unhappiness · low spirits · heavyheartedness · cheerlessness · joylessness · dispiritedness · desolation · discouragement · dismay · dissatisfaction
gloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
grayness · overcast · somber · dullness · darkness · shadow · murk · pallor · colorlessness · lifelessness
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
loss · anguish · woe · misery · lamentation · tears · suffering · grieving · bereft · inconsolable
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- pensivenessReflective, slightly sad mood
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
plaintiveness · forlornness · tristesse · weltschmerz · ennui · languor · listlessness · reflectiveness · introspection · longing
- discontentdissatisfaction, displeasure, discontentment, unhappiness, frustration
- grumpinessgrumpiness, crankiness, moodiness, sullenness, grouchiness
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- despairdespair, hopelessness, desolation, despondency, dejection
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
glumnesscheerfulness
State of bright spirits
happiness · joy · glee · gladness · joyfulness