dumps

plural noun

ˈdəm(p)s 

: a gloomy state of mind : despondency

in the dumps

Synonyms

• blue devils
• blues
• dejection
• depression
• desolation
• despond
• despondence
• despondency
• disconsolateness
• dispiritedness
• doldrums
• dolefulness
• downheartedness
• dreariness
• forlornness
• gloom
• gloominess
• glumness
• heartsickness
• joylessness
• melancholy
• miserableness
• mopes
• mournfulness
• oppression
• sadness
• sorrowfulness
• unhappiness

Examples of dumps in a Sentence

I've been down in the dumps all week

Recent Examples on the Web

Volatile markets have put investment banking in the dumps, but there is a silver lining for Wall Street banks. —Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023

The singer was quite generous with the photo dumps, sharing more images of her and Peltz's midnight look in matching silver Maison Valentino cutout minidresses. —Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Jan. 2023

When fires threatened the city last month, the aid group rented helicopters for water dumps. —Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022

And the breakthrough has opportunities far beyond waste dumps – there are millions more tons still underground that haven’t been viable to mine. —Thomas Biesheuvel, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2022

Word History

Etymology

probably from Dutch domp haze, from Middle Dutch damp — more at damp

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing dumps

• down in the dumps

Kids Definition

dumps

plural noun

ˈdəm(p)s 

: a dull gloomy state of mind : low spirits

in the dumps