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Synonyms for grum

  • adjective

Most common

sour surly glum morose

All synonyms

Adjective

glum, sour, moody, grim, surly, sullen, morose, melancholy, dour, sulky, crabbed

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Morose, stern, surly, sullen.

Example sentences

  • sour Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
  • surly The food was horrible, and the waiter, surly.
  • glum Don't be so glum about it. Life has its ups and downs.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
grumsteady
sourrising
surlyrising
glumrising
moroserising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
sour2, grim1, glum1, dour2
5 letters
moody2, surly2, sulky
6 letters
sullen2, morose2
7 letters
crabbed1
10 letters
melancholy4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sour2 = 2 syllables).