bummer

¹bummer

noun

Definition of BUMMER

1

something (as a situation or event) that is depressing <boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer>

Synonyms bummer, down

Related Words bore, drag; accident, fatality, mishap, woe; calamity, catastrophe, debacle (also d{eacute}b{acirc}cle), misfortune, tragedy

Near Antonyms pick-me-up, trip

Antonyms upper

2

something that disappoints <the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer>

Synonyms bringdown, bummer, letdown

Related Words anticlimax, failure, fiasco, fizzle; lemon, loser

Near Antonyms success, winner; relief

3

something that has failed <that dot-com proved to be a real bummer>

Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also d{eacute}b{acirc}cle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout

Related Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarter

Near Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon

Antonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner