bummed

adjective

ˈbəmd 

variants or bummed out

US, informal

: in low spirits : unhappy, depressed, disappointed

Morale at Mirage is practically nonexistent. Having been extended ninety days more has everyone terminally bummed.

—Dick Runels

I was so bummed. I was going to have to relive the sixties.

—Polly Frost

The awful truth about their past leaves them pretty bummed out …

—Michael Sauter

Examples of bummed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jesus is bummed, but then Christian comes in and loves the result. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

These are all good reasons to feel bummed out about humanity, but leave it to Lanthimos to express his dismay in the most arch and self-congratulatory way possible. —Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Aug. 2025

Theo is an architect bummed about the state of his work, forced to celebrate the completion of a soulless apartment building at a glitzy lunch with his coworkers. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025

Viewers, understandably, are bummed. —Julie Hinds, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bummed

• benumbed
• succumbed
• comed
• drummed
• gummed
• hummed
• numbed
• plumbed
• summed
• thumbed