Synonyms for bummer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : buhm-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌm ər

Définition of bummer

Origin : "loafer, idle person," 1855, possibly an extension of the British word for "backside" (similar development took place in Scotland by 1540), but more probably from German slang bummler "loafer," agent noun from bummeln "go slowly, waste time."
According to Kluge, the German word is from 17c., and the earliest sense of it is "oscillate back and forth;" possibly connected to words in German for "dangle" (baumeln), via "back-and-forth motion" of a bell clapper, transferred to "going back and forth," hence "doing nothing." Meaning "bad experience" is 1968 slang.

noun bad experience

Example sentences :

That locality was then a mere receptacle for trash, and the Bummer was at home there.
Extract from : « Lights and Shadows of New York Life » by James D. McCabe

Bummer, literally one who sits or idles about; a loafer; one who sponges upon his acquaintances.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

One hates to refuse food to any human being who claims to have need of it, and the Bummer knows this.
Extract from : « Lights and Shadows of New York Life » by James D. McCabe

Antonyms for bummer

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