bum (out)

verb

Definition of bum (out)next
as in to get down
to make sad that sort of news really bums me out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bum (out)
  1. get down
  2. weigh down
  3. burden
  4. depress
  5. trouble
  6. worry
  7. torture
  8. sadden
Verb
  • When the state House went into recess Tuesday, Jones got down on one knee and asked Scott to marry him.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • As the new legislative session commenced on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Jones, one of the first Black gay men to serve in the Texas legislature, got down on one knee and proposed to his longtime partner, Gregory Scott Jr., just after being sworn in at the State Capitol in Austin.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of get down
Verb
  • Harris was weighed down by the same millstones that had hung around Biden’s neck up until his withdrawal from the race, notably voter concerns over immigration, inflation and the economy.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Big tech stocks weighed down the market, with Apple falling 2.6%, and Tesla slumping 6% on lower annual deliveries. — CNBC’s Evelyn Cheng, Jesse Pound and Christina Cheddar Berk contributed to this report.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of weigh down
Verb
  • His speech also calls for expanding a low-income fare program that is now available only to Metra riders as a way to offset the fare hikes for riders who might be burdened by them.
    Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The issue of fire department spending, boring and burdened with specifics in normal times, is now a critical issue in Los Angeles following the massive destruction caused by a wildfire in Pacific Palisades, which continues to burn.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of burden
Verb
  • There is growing evidence, for example, that credit scores depressed by medical debt can threaten people’s access to housing and drive homelessness.
    Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Her big personality is, at first, a distraction technique, to keep the girls from letting poverty depress them.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of depress
Verb
  • Scientists who study the vaccines are deeply troubled by these statements.
    Will Stone, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Roosevelt was deeply troubled by the rise of autocracy in Germany and felt that economic hardship had contributed to the demise of constitutional democracies.
    Katherine Tai, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of trouble
Verb
  • The glorious few who still worry about the decline of Palm Beach society speculated wildly that Trump was planning to legalize gambling and build a casino, or — the truly frightening possibility — subdivide his acreage and sell houses.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Tech sell-off Stocks fell on Tuesday as investors worried about economic data and tech names tumbled.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of worry
Verb
  • Antetokounmpo dominated the game as a facilitator, torturing the Spurs’ help defenders with his passing, tallying eight assists to go along with his 25 points and 16 rebounds.
    Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • During the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines from 1972 to 1986, the United States trained and funded a Philippine army that tortured, jailed, and disappeared thousands of dissidents.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of torture
Verb
  • Several board members said they were saddened that they were left with no option other than to censure one of their own members.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader who fled his homeland in 1959 after it was taken over by China, said he was deeply saddened.
    Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of sadden
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“Bum (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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