Glum vs Withdrawn - What's the difference?
glum | withdrawn |
(obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
(obsolete) sullenness
despondent; moody; sullen
* Thackeray
As verbs the difference between glum and withdrawn
is that glum is to look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum while withdrawn is past participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between glum and withdrawn
is that glum is despondent; moody; sullen while withdrawn is introvert.As a noun glum
is sullenness.glum
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) glomen, glommen, glomben, . More at (l).Verb
(glumm)- (Hawes)
Noun
(-)- (Skelton)
Etymology 2
Probably from (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(glummer)- I frighten people by my glum face.
