bombed
adjective, verb
bombed is spelled B-O-M-B-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bombed means “intoxicated; drunk or high” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bombed?
| Letters | 6: B-O-M-B-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bombed?
Bombed appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bombed?
- Australia
Bombed has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-bombed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bombed
- more bombed comparative
- most bombed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bombed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangintoxicated; drunk or high
Dan's brother bought us a bottle of whisky and we got bombed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of bomb
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).