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the mood that walks in wearing gray and forgets to leave
means feeling or looking quietly sad, low-spirited, and downcast.
from From Middle English 'gloumben' or 'glomen,' meaning to frown, look sullen, or scowl — the same root that gave us 'gloom.' Both words share that murky northern flavor, possibly related to Scandinavian terms for darkening and clouding over. The frown came first, you might say; the gray weather of the mind came after.
- old norse
- likely born from words meaning gloomy or twilight
- cousin words
- shares roots with gloom and glower
- silent type
- glum sulks while sad cries out loud
- weather match
- perfect descriptor for both faces and overcast skies
for instance
marvin the paranoid android — douglas adams' depressed robot in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
squidward tentacles — spongebob squarepants character known for constant glumness since 1999