dumps

[ duhmps ]

noun

1. a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the ):

   to be in the dumps over money problems.

dumps

/ dʌmps /

plural noun

1. informal.
   a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps )

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumps¹

1515–25; compare German dumpf dull, Middle Dutch domp haze

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumps¹

C16: probably from Middle Dutch domp haze, mist; see damp

Idioms and Phrases

see down in the dumps .

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

In the books, Cersei gets very down in the dumps, starts putting on weight, and hits the bottle hard.

From The Daily Beast

Local newspapers carried accounts of starving Negroes swarming over garbage dumps, even eating the clay from the river bluffs.

From The Daily Beast

Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal dumps on Barack Obama right on the White House lawn.

From The Daily Beast

Just when spirits are lowest, sometimes, we look to sky and see giant flock of dumps soaring together overhead.

From The Daily Beast

If she could laugh like that, he need not stay in the dumps.

From Project Gutenberg

If he couldn't get what he wanted at the Morrises', he went out and stole, or visited the dumps at the back of the town.

From Project Gutenberg

Dumps were made at frequent intervals along the front containing all the materials required for consolidation.

From Project Gutenberg

The men are splendid—their cheeriness comes up bubbling whenever the occasion calls for the dumps.

From Project Gutenberg

Again the atmosphere of dignified dumps and dingy sulkiness.

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