Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

"glum lumps"

Portuguese translation:

"massas vegetativas"

Added to glossary by Marlene Curtis
Jan 23, 2011 17:59
13 yrs ago
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English term

"glum lumps"

English to Portuguese Social Sciences Psychology
The typical child (...) observed there could not sit up unassisted at age 2 or walk at age 4. The little care the infants received was not in response to their crying, cooing, or other behaviors, so the children developed little sense of personal control over their environment. They were instead becoming passive "glum lumps". Extreme deprivation was bludgeoning native intelligence.
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Jan 28, 2011 11:57: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Nick Taylor Jan 24, 2011:
:-)...:-( Not bad!!!
rir Jan 24, 2011:
molengas e tristões ....

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"massas vegetativas"

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"massas de mau humor"

glum = "adj. carrancudo, de mau humor, taciturno, sombrio, abatido, lúgubre." (veja 2º link)

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Example sentence:

While everyone entered into the general merriment, I sat there like a glum lump. I was agonizing and mortified at some of the statements that were coming forth.

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agree rir : massas inertes....
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Obrigado!
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rabugentos (e melancólicos)

glum:

1. Moody and melancholy; dejected.
2. Gloomy; dismal.

lump:
# A person regarded as ungainly or dull-witted.
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indivíduos desanimados e sem motivação

indivíduos desanimados e sem motivação
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