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glumming

glumming is the present participle and gerund of glum.

Meaning of glum

Verb

glum (third-person singular simple present glums, present participle glumming, simple past and past participle glummed)

  1. (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
    • upon me he gan to loure and glum,
      Enforcing him so for to ryse withall,
      But that I shortly unto hem did cum,
      With his thre hedes he spytte all his venum1509, Stephen Hawes, The Passetyme of Pleasure

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Questions about glumming

What is glumming the present participle and gerund of?
Glumming is the present participle and gerund of glum.

Words near glumming in the dictionary

  1. glumiferous
  2. glumly
  3. glummed
  4. glummer
  5. glummest
  6. glumming
  7. glummy
  8. glumness
  9. glumnesses
  10. glumose
  11. glumous

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