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View synonyms for down in the dumps

down in the dumps

  1. In a gloomy or depressed mood: “After losing the student election, Jack really felt down in the dumps.”


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Idioms and Phrases

Also, down in the mouth . Discouraged, depressed, or sad, as in She's been down in the dumps ever since she lost the match , or What's wrong with him? He's so down in the mouth about everything . The noun dumps has been used for “a state of depression” since the early 1500s, and down in the mouth , alluding to the downturned corners of the mouth as a sign of misery, dates from the mid-1600s.
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Example Sentences

Beat the Blahs What causes this wintertime down-in-the-dumps attitude?

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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