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bum out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From bum (“unpleasant, depressing”).

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To cause a person to be depressed or disappointed.
    • “It bums me out that I can’t play, but I’m glad my brother has the opportunity,” Austin Baker said. 2008 March 5, Rick Weegman, “Cloquet-Esko-Carlton: childhood dreams come true”, in Duluth News Tribune:

Forms

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bums out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bummed out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bummed out Tense=Past lexicographic
bumming out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic