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Russian
Etymology
From угрюмый (ugrjumyj) + -ость (-ostʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
угрю́мость • (ugrjúmostʹ) f inan (genitive угрю́мости, nominative plural угрю́мости, genitive plural угрю́мостей)
- sullenness
1831, Александр Пушкин , chapter I, in Выстрел; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Shot, New York: Vintage Books, 2016:О́пытность дава́ла ему́ пе́ред на́ми мно́гие преиму́щества; к тому́ же его́ обыкнове́нная угрю́мость, круто́й нрав и злой язы́к име́ли си́льное влия́ние на молоды́е на́ши умы́.- Ópytnostʹ davála jemú péred námi mnógije preimúščestva; k tomú že jevó obyknovénnaja ugrjúmostʹ, krutój nrav i zloj jazýk iméli sílʹnoje vlijánije na molodýje náši umý.
- Experience gave him many advantages over us; besides that, his habitual sullenness, tough character, and wicked tongue had a strong influence on our young minds.
Declension