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1 lendemain
n. m. Etre triste comme un lendemain de fête: To look as though one had 'lost a shilling and found sixpence', to look glum. -
2 enterrement
n. m.1. Avoir une gueule d'enterrement: To 'have a face as long as a fiddle', to look glum.2. Un enterrement de première classe (joc.): A'spontaneous ripple of apathy', a 'thumbsdown' verdict to a project, etc. -
3 triste
triste [tʀist]adjective• d'un air/d'une voix triste sadly• être triste à l'idée or à la pensée de partir to be sad at the idea of leaving• triste à mourir [personne, ambiance, musique] utterly depressing• avoir or faire triste mine or figure to cut a sorry figure• depuis son accident, il est dans un triste état since his accident he has been in a sad state• c'est pas triste ! (inf) ( = c'est amusant) it's a laugh a minute! (inf) ; ( = c'est difficile) it's no joke! (inf) ; ( = c'est la pagaille) it's a real mess!* * *tʀist1) ( pas gai) [personne, visage] sad; [maison, ville, région] dreary, depressing; [ciel, temps, journée] gloomy; [histoire, livre, soirée, événement] sad, depressing; [couleur] drab, dreary; [existence] drearyavoir triste mine or figure — [personne] to look pitiful
2) ( déplorable) [résultat, fin, affaire] dreadful; [conséquence] sad; [spectacle, état] sorryc'est la triste vérité — unfortunately, that's the truth of the matter
détenir le triste record d'alcoolisme — to hold the record for heavy drinking, a dubious achievement
3) ( méprisable) [personnage] unsavoury [BrE], disreputable; [réputation] dreadful••triste comme la pluie or à mourir — desperately sad
c'était pas triste — (colloq) it was quite something
* * *tʀist adj1) (= malheureux) sadc'est pas triste! * — it's something else!, *
2) (= sinistre)* * *triste adj1 ( pas gai) [personne, visage] sad; [maison, ville, région] dreary, depressing; [ciel, temps, journée] gloomy; [histoire, livre, soirée, événement] sad, depressing; [couleur] drab, dreary; [existence, enfance] dreary; être/se sentir triste to be/to feel sad; avoir l'air tout triste to look really sad; c'est une enfant triste she's a sad child; être triste de faire to be sad to do; j'étais triste de le voir partir I was sad to see him go; être triste à l'idée or la pensée de qch/de faire to be sad at the idea ou thought of sth/of doing; elle est triste que je m'en aille she's sad that I'm leaving; il est or c'est triste de faire it is sad to do; il est or c'est triste que it is sad that; avoir triste mine or figure [personne] to look pitiful; mon gâteau a bien triste mine my cake is a sorry sight; ⇒ bonnet;2 ( déplorable) [résultat, fin, affaire] dreadful; [conséquence] sad; [spectacle, état] sorry; c'est la triste vérité it's the sad truth; on l'a retrouvé dans un triste état he was found in a sorry state; détenir le triste record d'alcoolisme to hold the record for heavy drinking, a dubious achievement; faire la triste expérience de qch to have learned about sth to one's sorrow; se lamenter sur son triste sort to lament one's fate;3 ( méprisable) [personnage] unsavouryGB, disreputable; [réputation] dreadful; un triste imbécile a despicable character; un triste sire a disreputable character.triste comme la pluie or à mourir desperately sad; c'était pas triste○ it was quite something.[trist] adjectiffaire triste figure ou mine à quelqu'un to give somebody a cold receptionson triste sort his sad ou unhappy fate3. [attristant] sadil est pas triste, avec sa chemise à fleurs he's a scream in his flowery shirtils font voter les réformes sans avoir le financement, ça va pas être triste! they're pushing the reforms through without funds, what a farce![morne - rue, saison] bleak[méprisable] -
4 enterrement
enterrement [ɑ̃tεʀmɑ̃]masculine noun[de mort] ( = action) burial ; ( = cérémonie) funeral• enterrement civil/religieux non-religious/religious funeral• faire or avoir une tête or mine d'enterrement (inf) to look gloomy* * *ɑ̃tɛʀmɑ̃nom masculin1) ( inhumation) burial (de of)2) ( obsèques) funeralfaire une tête d'enterrement — (colloq) to look gloomy
3) ( mise à l'écart) shelving* * *ɑ̃tɛʀmɑ̃ nm1) (= mise en terre) burying2) (= cérémonie) funeral, burial3) (= cortège funèbre) funeral procession* * *enterrement nm1 ( inhumation) burial (de of);2 ( obsèques) funeral; bel enterrement nice funeral; messe d'enterrement funeral mass; faire une tête d'enterrement to look gloomy;3 ( mise à l'écart) shelving; l'enterrement du rapport Grunard the shelving of the Grunard report;4 ( fin) death; l'enterrement d'une illusion the death of an illusion.[ɑ̃tɛrmɑ̃] nom masculin1. [funérailles] funeralcette soirée, c'était un enterrement de première classe it was like watching paint dry, that party2. [ensevelissement] burial3. [cortège] funeral procession————————d'enterrement locution adjectivalefaire une tête d'enterrement to wear a gloomy ou long expression -
5 faire-part
n. m. Avoir une gueule en faire-part de deuil: To have 'a face as long as a fiddle', to look as glum as hell.
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glum — /glʌm / (say glum) adjective (glummer, glummest) gloomily sullen or silent; dejected. {earlier glumme, related to Middle English verb gloumen to look glum or solemn; related to gloom2} –glumly, adverb –glumness, noun …
glum´ness — glum «gluhm», adjective, glum|mer, glum|mest. gloomy; dismal; sullen: »a glum look. Why should folk be glum…When Nature herself is glad? (John Greenleaf Whittier) … Useful english dictionary
glum´ly — glum «gluhm», adjective, glum|mer, glum|mest. gloomy; dismal; sullen: »a glum look. Why should folk be glum…When Nature herself is glad? (John Greenleaf Whittier) … Useful english dictionary
glum — [glʌm] adj comparative glummer superlative glummest [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: glum to look annoyed or bored (15 19 centuries), from gloom] if someone is glum, they feel unhappy and do not talk a lot = ↑gloomy ▪ Anna looked glum . ▪ After dinner,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Glum — Glum, v. i. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. [Obs.] Hawes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
glum — 1540s, sullen, frowning, from M.E. gloumen (v.) become dark (c.1300), later gloumben look gloomy or sullen (late 14c.); see GLOOM (Cf. gloom). Related: Glumly; glumness … Etymology dictionary
glum — [[t]glʌm[/t]] adj. glum•mer, glum•mest sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME; var. of gloom glum′ly, adv. glum′ness, n. syn: glum, morose, sullen describe a gloomy, unsociable attitude. glum suggests a depressed,… … From formal English to slang
glum — glumly, adv. glumness, n. /glum/, adj., glummer, glummest. sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. [1425 75; late ME; var. of GLOOM] Syn. moody, sulky; despondent, melancholy. GLUM, MOROSE, SULLEN, DOUR, SURLY all are adjectives describing a… … Universalium
look — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief, cursory, quick ▪ careful, close, close up (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
glum — adj. Glum is used with these nouns: ↑look … Collocations dictionary
glum glummer, glummest — adjective sad and not talking much; gloomy: Hey, don t look so glum. Everything will be OK! glumly adverb glumness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English