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noun (1)

ˈbə-mər How to pronounce bummer (audio)
Definition of bummernext
1
as in accident
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer

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2
as in disappointment
something that disappoints the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer

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as in disaster
something that has failed that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer

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bummer

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noun (2)

as in hobo
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living a lifelong bummer, he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living

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Recent Examples of bummer
Noun
Back-to-school shopping season is already here, and with the bummer of summer slipping away, the bright side is that there are plenty of sales and savings to be had out there. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026 The last time there was such a bummer of a final, was the last time the final was played in America, at the Rose Bowl in 1994. — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 Rumors of such a move surfaced a while back … but still a bummer. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 24 June 2026 Kara has a backstory, which turns out to be an overinflated CGI bummer. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bummer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bummer
  1. accident
  2. disappointment
  3. disaster
  4. hobo
  5. bore
  6. failure
  7. beggar
  8. downer
Noun
  • The decision not to show Meadows’ death follows a public plea from his mother, Angela Meadows, who asked Discovery not to broadcast footage of her son’s fatal accident.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Mushrooms is the latest Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, named for the Australian philanthropist and businessman Neil Balnaves, who died in a boating accident near Tahiti in 2022, aged 77.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of accident
Noun
  • The truth was, my fancy New York artist aunt was a disappointment to me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Booker expressed disappointment with the outcome on Wednesday afternoon, saying that the settlement does not resolve the concerns that led to the antitrust suit.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of disappointment
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  • Although major questions remained unanswered on Thursday about the attacker and his motive, the story of ordinary passengers saving the FlyDubai flight from disaster has quickly become the stuff of legend.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Second were unarmed passengers who subdued the armed attacker before one pulled back on the yoke to level the aircraft, drawing on knowledge from an air-disaster documentary.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of disaster
Noun
  • After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Add a slouchy hobo bag and Western belt at the waist for the full effect.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hobo
Noun
  • Snow recently did an in-depth shoot-out of quarter-bore cartridges, new and old.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Virtually all those trips involved hassle that was a bore to write about and just as boring to read.
    — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of bore
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  • Repeating that process places significant stress on components, increasing operational and capital costs due to the risk of failure, maintenance requirements and downtime.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The driver, identified as 54-year-old Robert Delorenzo of Stratford, was arrested and charged with reckless driving, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and failure to stop on the right side of the road.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of failure
Noun
  • Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of beggar
Noun
  • Despite all the downers for Wall Street, gains for many stocks outside AI helped limit the market’s losses.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Sadly, the production was a downer, draining Kushner’s masterpiece of color and humor and inserting, in their place, gloomy projections of cityscapes and, unaccountably, David Bowie songs.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bummer. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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