bummer

bummer
Synonyms and related words:
Arab, Bowery bum, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, annoyance, bandit, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blight, blighter, bo, brigand, budmash, bum, cadger, caitiff, care, coupon clippers, cross, curse, depredator, derelict, devil, difficulties, difficulty, dogie, downer, drifter, drone, drunkard, forager, freebooter, freeloader, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, idle rich, idler, irritation, landloper, lazzarone, leisure class, loafer, looter, losel, lounge lizard, lowlife, lumpen proletariat, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, moocher, mucker, mudlark, no-good, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic, pillager, plight, plunderer, poor creature, poor devil, predicament, pressure, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rentiers, rigor, rounder, sad case, sad sack, schnorrer, scrounger, sea of troubles, ski bum, skid-row bum, spiv, sponger, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, stress, stress of life, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vale of tears, vaurien, vicissitude, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, worthless fellow, wretch

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bummer — may refer to:*Bummer SUV, an SUV build by Tatonka Products * [Bummer] http://albuscav.us/blog/?p=143, a giant sculpture by Myk Henry installed at the Burning Man 2008 *Bummer Vacation, a SpongeBob SquarePants episode *Double Bummer, a double LP… …   Wikipedia

  • bummer — um mer (b[u^]m [ e]r), n. 1. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster] 2. an unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bummer — [n] bad experience disappointment, disaster, downer*, drag*, misfortune; concepts 674,679 …   New thesaurus

  • bummer — ► NOUN informal 1) an annoying or disappointing thing. 2) N. Amer. a vagrant or loafer. ORIGIN perhaps from German Bummler, from bummeln stroll, loaf about …   English terms dictionary

  • bummer — ☆ bummer [bum′ər ] n. [< BUM1 + ER] 1. [Old Slang] one who lives by bumming 2. Slang any unpleasant or unsatisfactory thing or experience: orig., an unpleasant drug experience …   English World dictionary

  • bummer — 1. AND bum trip n. a bad drug experience. (Drugs.) □ She almost didn’t get back from a bum trip. □ This bummer comes from mixing pills. 2. n. a disagreeable thing or person. □ My coach is a real bummer …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • bummer — [[t]bʌ̱mə(r)[/t]] bummers N COUNT: usu sing If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying. [INFORMAL] I had a bummer of a day... What a bummer! …   English dictionary

  • bummer — 1. noun a) A disappointment, a pity, a shame. Thats a total bummer. b) homosexual male See Also: bum out 2 …   Wiktionary

  • bummer — bum|mer [ˈbʌmə US ər] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: BUM1] a bummer informal a situation that is disappointing or annoying ▪ It was a real bummer being ill on holiday …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bummer — noun a bummer slang a situation that is disappointing or annoying: It was a real bummer being ill on holiday …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • bummer — /ˈbʌmə / (say bumuh) Colloquial –noun 1. something which causes disappointment: losing my wallet was a real bummer. –interjection 2. (an exclamation of sympathy at another s misfortune): you lost your wallet? Bummer! {bum2 (def. 5) + m + er1} …  

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”