Lexic.us

Definition of Glunch

1. a. Frowning; sulky; sullen.

Definition of Glunch

1. to frown [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: frown

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glunch

Literary usage of Glunch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"glunch, an angry frown, a sulky or forbidding expression of countenance. ... Does ony great man glunch and gloom ? —BURNS : Cry and Prayer. ..."

2. Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns: With Upwards of by John Cuthbertson (1886)
"glunch seems to differ from gloom, if one may venture to distinguish between words so nearly identical in meaning, in this respect, that we gloom at a ..."

3. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"Thou art but a sour, sulky fellow, with thy gilt hips. glunch = \o be in the sulks, is used in Banffshire, as " He geed aboot a' day, an' did naething bit ..."

4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch The Petition o/Br. Water. ... Does ony great man glunch an' gloom ? The Authors Cry and Prayer. Glut. ..."

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