Glum vs. Sad — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Glum and Sad
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Glum
Moody and melancholy; dejected.
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Sad
Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy
They looked at her with sad, anxious faces
I was sad and subdued
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Glum
Gloomy; dismal.
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Sad
Pathetically inadequate or unfashionable
The show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad
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Glum
The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it
"He was a charming mixture of glum and glee" (Lillian Hellman).
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Sad
(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.
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Glum
Glums Chiefly British The blues. Often used with the
"Most other publications have got the glums" (Tina Brown).
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Sad
Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness
A sad face.
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Glum
Despondent; moody; sullen
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Sad
Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing
A sad movie.
Sad news.
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Glum
(obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
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Sad
Deplorable or inadequate; sorry
A sad state of affairs.
A sad excuse.
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Glum
(obsolete) sullenness
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Sad
Dark-hued; somber.
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Glum
Sullenness.
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Sad
(heading) Emotionally negative.
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Glum
Moody; silent; sullen.
I frighten people by my glun face.
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Sad
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
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Glum
To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
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Sad
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
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Glum
Reflecting gloom;
Gloomy faces
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Sad
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
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Glum
Showing a brooding ill humor;
A dark scowl
The proverbially dour New England Puritan
A glum, hopeless shrug
He sat in moody silence
A morose and unsociable manner
A saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
A sour temper
A sullen crowd
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Sad
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
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Sad
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
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Sad
(obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
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Sad
(obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
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Sad
(obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
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Sad
(obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
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Sad
(slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
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Sad
(dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
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Sad
(obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
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Sad
To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
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Sad
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
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Sad
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
His hand, more sad than lump of lead.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.
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Sad
Dull; grave; dark; somber; - said of colors.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
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Sad
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman.
Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties.
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Sad
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we sad, fearing you would not come;Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
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Sad
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
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Sad
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
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Sad
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
How it sadded the minister's spirits!
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Sad
Seasonal affective disorder.
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Sad
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness;
Feeling sad because his dog had died
Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
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Sad
Of things that make you feel sad;
Sad news
She doesn't like sad movies
It was a very sad story
When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me
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Sad
Bad; unfortunate;
My finances were in a deplorable state
A lamentable decision
Her clothes were in sad shape
A sorry state of affairs
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