to feel like a total bumhole
- idiom
- Offensive
:
sentirse un imbécil de mierda (vulgar)
- I feel like a total bumhole after forgetting her birthday.
Examples
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The failed presentation made her feel like a total bumhole in front of her team.
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He tripped over nothing at the meeting and instantly felt like a total bumhole.
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After forgetting his girlfriend's birthday, he felt like a total bumhole for days.
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After that embarrassing moment, he felt like a total bumhole.
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After forgetting his girlfriend's birthday, he felt like a total bumhole for days.
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He tripped over nothing at the meeting and instantly felt like a total bumhole.
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The failed presentation made her feel like a total bumhole in front of her team.
Synonyms
21
2.8
Be uncomfortable or embarrassed when you are with other people
9
6.0
To be embarrassed and silly because of something you did
3
6.0
Be embarrassed and think you are foolish after making a mistake
1
9.9
To feel foolish and embarrassed about something you did
To be very ashamed and think you are worthless
To be guilty and ashamed after treating someone badly
To feel lazy and useless because you failed or did nothing
To feel foolish and embarrassed after a careless mistake
To feel foolish or embarrassed because of a mistake
To be foolish or embarrassed after making a mistake
To feel foolish because of something you did
Being foolish and embarrassed after making an obvious mistake
To feel foolish and embarrassed because of something you did
To think you are silly after making a mistake
Act or seem foolish and unable to do something in a situation
Antonyms
How Ashamed
- Offensive
504
1.0
145
1.1
108
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
feel + like + a + total + bumhole
The syntactic pattern 'feel like a total + N' is transparently self-evaluative, so a learner who knows 'feel', 'like' and 'total' would expect a negative self-characterisation. However, 'bumhole' is crude slang whose figurative sense as an insulting label (and the specific nuance of deep embarrassment or worthlessness) is not predictable from its literal parts, so understanding the exact meaning requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Feel like a total bumhole may come from joining bum (a lazy or useless person) and hole to make a harsher insult. So, imagining yourself as that complete insult helps explain why it means 'to feel very worthless or embarrassed'.