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  • 1glum — [glʌm] adj comparative glummer superlative glummest [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: glum to look annoyed or bored (15 19 centuries), from gloom] if someone is glum, they feel unhappy and do not talk a lot = ↑gloomy ▪ Anna looked glum . ▪ After dinner,… …

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  • 2gloomy — adjective 1) a gloomy room Syn: dark, shadowy, sunless, dim, somber, dingy, dismal, dreary, murky, unwelcoming, cheerless, comfortless, funereal; literary Stygian Ant: bright …

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  • 3gloomy — adjective 1) a gloomy room Syn: dark, shadowy, murky, sunless, dim, dingy 2) Joanna looked gloomy Syn: despondent, depressed, downcast, downhearted, dejected …

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  • 4performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 5sad — W3S2 [sæd] adj comparative sadder superlative saddest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feeling unhappy)¦ 2¦(making you unhappy)¦ 3¦(not satisfactory)¦ 4¦(lonely)¦ 5¦(boring)¦ 6 sadder and/but wiser ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin …

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