BUMMING (OUT) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

bumming (out)

verb

present participle of bum (out)

as in weighing down

to make sad that sort of news really bums me out

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The girls spend the day together — Laura has made an entire treasure hunt to celebrate Good Eagle’s birthday — and while there are moments of joy, there’s a lot of sadness weighing down on their tiny shoulders, too.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
This leave-in treatment is a lifesaver for those whose strands might be a difficult mix of fine and frizzy, leaving behind the perfect amount of hydration and smoothing power without weighing down strands.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of weighing down

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Milk, sour cream, cream cheese, coleslaw and butter had been in the reach-in cooler for more than four hours without getting down to 41 degrees.

— David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
After nearly five years of dating, Martínez proposed to Gandolfo by getting down on one knee in front of a massive rose heart arch and hundreds of roses and rose petals in February 2023.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of getting down

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Also helping is Kevin Warsh, the new Federal Reserve head, who is working to get our central bank focused on currency stability as the way to fight inflation, rather than depressing economic activity.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The high-pressure system that’s causing temperature spikes, Ciliberti said, is also depressing much of the particulate matter, pushing it closer to the ground.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of depressing

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In the final, Simon had little to do as Argentina registered only two shots in 120 minutes of action, with neither troubling the Athletic Club goalkeeper.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Campbell said Moore wanted to discuss what was troubling her privately but never got the chance.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

Definition of troubling

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Jensen Huang is urging Washington to stop worrying about China’s open-source AI just as an all-out panic has broken out over the highly capable, low-cost models that can increasingly compete with the most advanced products by OpenAI and Anthropic.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 July 2026
The ceiling gets reviewed regularly and removed once the Bank stops worrying about what a fast-growing coin would do to bank credit.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of worrying

Verb

This is especially concerning, considering teenagers are at a time in life when their bodies are changing constantly and rapidly, Mann said.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
But new data points to a concerning trend in which AI is damaging human connection, because people don’t interact with colleagues as much, rely on coworkers or reinforce relationships in the work process.

— Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of concerning

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