Bum-like

/ˈbʌm.laɪk/

भिखारी/आवारा/बेघर-जैसा; मैले-कुचैले या लापरवाह-सा

Normal #अनौपचारिक #अपमानजनक (हल्का) #वर्णनात्मक विशेषण #रूप-रंग #व्यवहार

Origin & History

From English bum (“vagrant; idle person”) + -like (“resembling”). Attested in modern informal usage as a descriptive compound.

अंग्रेज़ी bum (“आवारा/बेघर या कामचोर व्यक्ति”) + -like (“जैसा/सदृश”) से बना संयुक्त विशेषण; आधुनिक अनौपचारिक प्रयोग में प्रचलित।

Definition

Describing a person, look, or behavior that seems like that of a bum—idle, shabby, unkempt, or like a homeless person; often informal and mildly derogatory.

किसी व्यक्ति, रूप-रंग या व्यवहार को “भिखारी/आवारा/बेघर” जैसे दिखने या लगने वाला बताने के लिए; जैसे लापरवाह, मैले-कुचैले, फटे-पुराने कपड़े; यह शब्द प्रायः अनौपचारिक और हल्का अपमानजनक होता है।

Parts of Speech

Adjective:
He showed up in a bum-like outfit that looked dirty and unkempt.
वह एक भिखारी-जैसी पोशाक में आया जो गंदी और बिखरी हुई लग रही थी।

Usage Examples

After sleeping on the couch, he looked a bit bum-like in the morning.
The director wanted the character to have a bum-like appearance: wrinkled clothes and messy hair.
Stop calling people bum-like; it can be rude and hurtful.
His bum-like posture made him seem uninterested in the interview.

Synonyms

Shabby Unkempt Scruffy Ragged Slovenly Down-at-heel Vagrant-like

Antonyms

Neat Tidy Well-groomed Smart Well-dressed Polished

Related Forms

Noun
Bum / Bumliness
Verb
Bum / Bumming / Bummed
Adjective
Bum-like / Bummy
Adverb
Bum-like (informal, rare) / Bummily

Idioms & Phrases

Bum-like look
भिखारी/बेघर-जैसा लुक
Bum-like appearance
आवारा/बेघर-सा रूप-रंग
Bum-like behavior
कामचोर/आवारा-सा व्यवहार