If someone is glum, they feel unhappy in a quiet, heavy way, and they do not feel like talking. The face often falls; they look as if a small cloud is sitting on them. It is not usually wild crying or a loud complaint.

If someone is glum如果一個人glum，they feel unhappy in a quiet, heavy way他們會用一種安靜、沉重的方式感到不開心，and they do not feel like talking而且不太想說話。The face often falls臉常常會垮下來；they look as if a small cloud is sitting on them看起來就像頭上壓著一朵小烏雲。It is not usually wild crying or a loud complaint它通常不是嚎啕大哭或大聲抱怨。

It is the mood of someone who has had bad news, or who is disappointed, and has gone still. You can call a person glum, or a look, or a silence.

It is the mood它是 of someone who has had bad news, or who is disappointed一個人聽到壞消息、或感到失望之後，and has gone still沉靜下來時的心情。You can call a person glum你可以說一個人glum，or a look或說一個表情glum，or a silence或說一片沉默glum。

You would not normally call a rainy day glum — that is more gloomy.

You would not normally call a rainy day glum你通常不會說下雨天glum——that is more gloomy那比較會用gloomy這個字。

The word is a little old-fashioned and a little British, but people still use it, often with gentle teasing: “Don’t look so glum.” Though actually, it is milder than depressed, and shorter-lived than that word suggests. It is a mood on the face more than a medical state.

The word is a little old-fashioned and a little British這個字有點過時、也有點英式，but people still use it但人們還是會用它，often with gentle teasing常帶著輕輕的調侃：「別這麼glum嘛。」（"Don't look so glum."）Though actually不過其實，it is milder than depressed它比depressed（憂鬱）程度輕，and shorter-lived than that word suggests持續的時間也比那個字暗示的短。It is a mood on the face它是一種寫在臉上的心情，more than a medical state而不太算是醫學上的狀態。