dumps
a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
Origin of dumps
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How to use dumps in a sentence
Beat the Blahs What causes this wintertime down-in-the-dumps attitude?
In the books, Cersei gets very down in the dumps, starts putting on weight, and hits the bottle hard.
Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey on Cersei Lannister’s Future and That Controversial Rape Scene | Marlow Stern | June 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLocal newspapers carried accounts of starving Negroes swarming over garbage dumps, even eating the clay from the river bluffs.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGovernor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal dumps on Barack Obama right on the White House lawn.
Up to a Point: P.J. O’Rourke on Ukraine, Craps & the Fed | P. J. O’Rourke | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust when spirits are lowest, sometimes, we look to sky and see giant flock of dumps soaring together overhead.
Sochi’s Impenetrable, Utterly Russian Opening Ceremony | Kelly Williams Brown | February 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
If she could laugh like that, he need not stay in the dumps.
The Girl and The Bill | Bannister MerwinIf 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.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall Saundersdumps were made at frequent intervals along the front containing all the materials required for consolidation.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William BewsherThe men are splendid—their cheeriness comes up bubbling whenever the occasion calls for the dumps.
Carry On | Coningsby DawsonAgain the atmosphere of dignified dumps and dingy sulkiness.
The Haunts of Old Cockaigne | Alex Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for dumps
/ (dʌmps) /
informal a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps)
Origin of dumps
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with dumps
see down in the dumps.
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