"grum" meaning in English

See grum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡɹʌm/ Forms: grummer [comparative], grummest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌm Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grom}} Middle English grom, {{inh|en|ang|grom}} Old English grom, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gramaz||angry, bearing a grudge}} Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰrem-||to thunder, rub, tear, scratch}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”), {{cog|da|grum||cruel, atrocious, fell}} Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), {{cog|sv|grym||cruel, furious, terrible}} Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} grum (comparative grummer, superlative grummest)
  1. Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
    Sense id: en-grum-en-adj-lrnFlLAG
  2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural
    Sense id: en-grum-en-adj-y-OjknxS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 11 11 6 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 8 5 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glum, grim, sour Derived forms: grumly, grumness

Inflected forms

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