BUM (OUT) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

bum (out)

verb

Definition of bum (out)

as in to get down

to make sad that sort of news really bums me out

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Allen got down on one knee and popped the question in November 2024.

— Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026
That was on grass, where Pegula’s flat balls stay low and Sabalenka, who is six feet tall, can struggle to get down and get her topspin-heavy forehand under the ball.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of get down

Verb

The action in yields further weighed down stocks in the session.

— Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
To keep the two evenly blended without weighing down the texture, The Ordinary instead uses a high-pressure microfluidizer to break the mixture into smaller, more uniform droplets.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of weigh down

Verb

Coinbase’s whitepaper frames legacy systems as burdened by chargeback risk and positions instant finality as the cure.

— Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Despite being burdened by a bulletproof vest, W fired in a strike that disappeared into the pocket of Todd Greene’s glove with a thwock.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of burden

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Jones, the Pacheedaht elder, said he was troubled not just by the loss of the forests, but by people’s connection to them and, in turn, to themselves.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Yet troubled by the toll the game takes on the men who play it.

— Michael Arkush, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of trouble

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According to new Gallup polling, 27% of US workers worry that technology will render their jobs obsolete, a new high.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
New blood tests that might predict Alzheimer’s years before symptoms begin may sound tantalizing for people who worry about later-in-life dementia.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of worry

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Barahona has been behind bars since March 2011 after being accused of killing Nubia and torturing her twin brother, Victor.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Repetitive imagery of freeways, streetcar tracks, even horses seem to torture the main characters for feeling stuck.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of torture

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While the zoo is saddened by Machi's death, the program is excited to learn that 27-year-old Lulu, the daughter of Willie B and Kuchi, is expecting an infant, her third.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Other magpies gathered around it, as if saddened and confused.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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