grum

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
    — Look not so grum at me; there is something to make thee more cheerful. (Offering him money with one hand, while he receives the bag with the other.)
  2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural
    — a grum voice

词形变化

grummer comparative grummest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
glum grim sour
衍生词
grumly grumness

词源

From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced in form by glum. Compare also Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”). See also grim, gram, grump.
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