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jaundiced

Flag: gbEnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary
n> poor rotten rubbishy schlock (or schlocky also shlock or shlocky) second-rate shoddy sleazy terrible trashy trumpery wretched
Synonyms: Verb (1)
chill dally dawdle dillydally drone footle goof (off) hack (around) hang (around or out) hang about [British] idle kick around kick back laze lazy loaf loll lounge veg out
Synonyms: Noun (2)
derelict do-nothing good-for-nothing ne'er-do-well no-account no-good no-goodnik slacker vagrant
Antonyms: Adjective
excellent fine first-class first-rate good high-grade superior top-notch
Examples
Noun (1)
  • //I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise
Adjective
  • //that was bum advice that you got from that website
Verb (1)
  • //spent most of the summer just bumming around the house
Noun (2)
  • //if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum
  • //I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (1)
1863, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (2)
1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
1863, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1970, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English bom
Adjective
perhaps from bum entry 4
Verb (1)
probably back-formation from bummer entry 1
Noun (2)
probably short for bummer entry 1
Noun (3)
perhaps from bum entry 3
Verb (2)
probably back-formation from bummer entry 2
bum
noun (1)

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 4)

noun (2)

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 4)

  • an idle worthless person //if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum
    Synonyms
    derelict do-nothing good-for-nothing ne'er-do-well no-account no-good no-goodnik slacker vagrant
    Related Words
    hobo sundowner [Australian] tramp vagabond
    drifter roamer transient
    beggar panhandler
    dodger goldbrick shirker
    gamine ragamuffin urchin waif
    drone idler lazybones loafer slouch slug sluggard
    down-and-out (or down-and-outer) indigent pauper
    Near Antonyms
    success winner
  • a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living //I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money
    Synonyms
    bindle stiff bummer hobo sundowner [Australian] swaggie [chiefly Australian] swagman [chiefly Australian] tramp vagabond vagrant
    Related Words
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