as in lazied
to spend time doing nothing
spent most of the summer just bumming around the house
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Recent Examples of bummed
Rittenhouse admits to initially being bummed out to not be the murderer, only to quickly come around to preferring this outcome.
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Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out about the passing of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Dec. 2025
Headed to the mountains for the holidays and bummed about the slow progression of the snowpack?
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was bummed out by Tech’s decision.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
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Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out about the passing of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Dec. 2025
Headed to the mountains for the holidays and bummed about the slow progression of the snowpack?
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was bummed out by Tech’s decision.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bummed
Verb
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Dizziness spun my vision and terror chilled my skin.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Once the icebox dessert has chilled, slice it into squares and serve.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2026
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Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.—
Thomas Black,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2025
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Fava snuffled and dawdled and took her own sweet time up the sidewalk.—
Dan Kois,
New Yorker,
17 Sep. 2025
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The service Staff are relaxed, friendly, and highly amenable—no request is too outlandish.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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Plus, the side slits keep the shirt relaxed without looking too boxy on smaller frames.—
Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Further on, sandy-colored cows lazed in the mid-morning sun.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Correa rested his crutches there, decided to stand and described how his season had come to an abrupt end.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The defense rested its case on Monday.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
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But Jefferson found the experience of sitting there while lesser writers messed with his prose unbearable.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Giants’ position really, really messed us up in trying to even negotiate with Oakland.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Curry played in five games after surgery to repair a broken second metacarpal.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Nobody had seen a second round playoff game played in Minnesota in more than a decade.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2026
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But most of the action was in the foot-deep children’s pool, where Petra joined babies and kids riding mini slides into the warm water, as parents lounged unselfconsciously.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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As Polis prepared to sign the bill, five black-and-white, 13-week-old puppies — Benedict, Daphne, Violet, Eloise and Hyacinth — lounged, climbed over one another, leaned into a reporter’s mic and cuddled in a pair of pens on the Capitol foyer’s floor.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Bummed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bummed. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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