Synonyms for bottom out
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : bot-uh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒt əm |
Top 10 synonyms for bottom out Other synonyms for the word bottom out
- abominable
- about-face
- amiss
- bad news
- bad times
- bear market
- beastly
- big trouble
- blah
- blow hot and cold
- bottom out
- bottom-out
- budge
- bummer
- bust
- careless
- change gears
- cheesy
- cook
- crappy
- crash
- crisis
- cruddy
- defective
- deficient
- depression
- deviate
- dial back
- diddly
- dislocate
- dislocation
- displace
- dissatisfactory
- disturb
- do up
- downer
- downturn
- dreadful
- drift
- drop
- erroneous
- exchange
- failure
- fallacious
- fault
- faulty
- flip-flop
- garbage
- godawful
- grody
- gross
- grungy
- hard times
- hem and haw
- icky
- imperfect
- inactivity
- inadequate
- incorrect
- inferior
- inflation
- junky
- lousy
- move
- move around
- move over
- not good
- off
- overproduction
- panic
- paralysis
- poor
- rainy days
- raunchy
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- recession
- relocate
- remove
- replace
- reposition
- retrenchment
- rough
- sad
- sag
- shakeout
- ship
- shuffle
- slide
- slip
- slipshod
- slowness
- slump
- stagflation
- stagnation
- stinking
- stir
- substandard
- substitute
- swap places
- swerve
- switch over
- synthetic
- tack
- the pits
- transfer
- transmogrify
- transpose
- turn
- turn around
- turn the corner
- turn the tables
- unacceptable
- unemployment
- unsatisfactory
- vacillate
- vary
- veer
- waffle
- yo-yo
Définition of bottom out
Origin :- Old English botm, bodan "ground, soil, foundation, lowest part," from Proto-Germanic *buthm- (cf. Old Frisian boden "soil," Old Norse botn, Dutch bodem, Old High German bodam, German Boden "ground, earth, soil"), from PIE root *bhu(n)d(h)- (cf. Sanskrit budhnah, Avestan buna- "bottom," Greek pythmen "foundation," Latin fundus "bottom, piece of land, farm," Old Irish bond "sole of the foot"). Meaning "posterior of a person" is from 1794. Bottom dollar "the last dollar one has" is from 1882. Bottom-feeder, originally of fishes, is from 1866.
- As in bad : adj poor quality
- As in recession : noun reversal of action; reduction of business activity
- As in depression : noun economic decline
- As in shift : verb switch, fluctuate
- They would then knock the bottom out of the Home Rule agitation.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- Now he's goin' after 'em like he'd tear the bottom out of the feed box.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- That night at Cadenabbia had apparently knocked the bottom out of his dream.
- Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath
- Shan't say that to Clara, though; knock the bottom out of her week-ends!'
- Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
- The ship was on shore, dashing her bottom out upon the rocks.
- Extract from : « For Treasure Bound » by Harry Collingwood
- "And if it is, you have knocked the bottom out," Tom said to him.
- Extract from : « Gretchen » by Mary J. Holmes
- There was no denying that it completely knocked the bottom out of his own article.
- Extract from : « The Doctor's Red Lamp » by Various
- He could talk the bottom out of a nose-bag, or put a clock to sleep.
- Extract from : « John Ermine of the Yellowstone » by Frederic Remington
- Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it!
- Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Anonymous
- She could not have crawled through her own washtub if she had knocked the bottom out of it.
- Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
Antonyms for bottom out
- advance
- advantageous
- beneficial
- benevolent
- bulge
- calm
- cheerfulness
- continue
- convexity
- deactivate
- encouragement
- fix
- fortunate
- good
- great
- happiness
- happy
- hold
- honest
- hope
- hopefulness
- increase
- just
- keep
- leave alone
- lucky
- OK
- order
- pleasing
- profitable
- protuberance
- recovery
- remain
- reputable
- right
- rise
- sophisticated
- stagnate
- stay
- success
- superior
- surge
- true
- undecayed
- upright
- virtuous
- wonderful
- worthy
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