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Word entry · 6 letters

bummer

Best crossword clue

"Disappointing event"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʌ.mɚ/Part of speech nounSorted bemmruStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2U3M4M5E6R

Definitions

  1. A disappointing, unpleasant, or unfortunate experience.

Word origin

Borrowed from German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”).

Used in a sentence

  • “If I get away I sha’n’t be here,” I says, “to prove these rapscallions ain’t your uncles, and I couldn’t do it if I was here. I could swear they was beats and bummers, that’s all, though that’s worth something.
  • That's a total bummer.
  • Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer / Well what a bummer / I can think of a lot worse places to be

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