bummer

1 something (as a situation or event) that is depressing boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer Synonyms bummer, downRelated Words bore, drag; accident, fatality, mishap, woe; calamity, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), misfortune, tragedyNear Antonyms pick-me-up, tripAntonyms upper

2 something that disappoints the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer Synonyms bringdown, bummer, letdownRelated Words anticlimax, failure, fiasco, fizzle; lemon, loserNear 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 débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washoutRelated Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarterNear Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenonAntonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

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 Synonyms bindle stiff, bum, bummer, hobo, sundowner [Australian], swaggie [chiefly Australian], swagman [chiefly Australian], vagabond, vagrantRelated Words drifter, roamer, transient; beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler, stiff; dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker; gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif