grum

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹʌm/

Adjective

grum (comparative grummer, superlative grummest)

1. Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 58:

     She cast a speculative look upon her husband, silent and grum as if he had been thus gruffly carved out of wood.

2. Low, deep in the throat; guttural

   a grum voice

Anagrams

• murg

Etymology

From Latin grumus.

Noun

grum n (plural grumuri)

1. (obsolete) pile, bundle, heap