All bottom out synonyms
botΒ·tom out
B b noun bottom out
- recession β a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- slowness β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- unemployment β the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- stagflation β an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- overproduction β excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- deflation β Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- retrenchment β the act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
- paralysis β Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- depression β A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
verb bottom out
- swerve β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- about-face β An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
- replace β to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- substitute β a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- flip-flop β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- transpose β to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- rearrange β to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- tack β a lease, especially on farmland.
- transmogrify β to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- waffle β waffling language.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- vacillate β to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
- fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- budge β If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement.
- dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- yo-yo β a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- reposition β the act of depositing or storing.
adj bottom out
- abominable β Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.
- amiss β If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
- bad news β someone or something regarded as undesirable
- beastly β If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant.
- careless β If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- cheesy β Cheesy food is food that tastes or smells of cheese.
- crappy β If you describe something as crappy, you think it is of very poor quality. Many people consider this word offensive.
- defective β If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- dissatisfactory β causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
- fallacious β containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- faulty β having faults or defects; imperfect.
- grungy β ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- icky β repulsive or distasteful.
- inadequate β not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- incorrect β not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- off β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- raunchy β vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke.
- slipshod β careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.