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[ duhmps ] / dʌmps / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dumps ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems. Origin of dumps1515–25; compare German dumpf dull, Middle Dutch domp haze Words nearby dumpsdumping syndrome, dumpish, dumpling, dump on, dump orbit, dumps, dumpsite, dumpster, dumpster diving, dumpster fire, dump truck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dumpsIn 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|DAILY BEAST Just 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|DAILY BEAST If the economy is back in the dumps, the nation may just want change. Hillary Derangement Syndrome|Michael Tomasky|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Stephen Colbert Dumps North Korea It seems as if Kim Jong-un is looking to go steady with America. Beyoncé’s Revenge, Hillary Clinton’s Farewell & More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|February 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And the ground coffee is deposited in a little cup which pulls out and dumps neatly into your coffeemaker. The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Come here a little minute, Dumps; I want you to help me wind up this tale. Diddie, Dumps & Tot|Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle Perhaps of all living beings, Mr. Dumps was about the last she would wish to encounter just then. Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood What mattered it to me now, this babble of dumps and dust, of claims and clean-ups? The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service Each of these dumps is a load of refuse and rubbish pushed outward by the little sapper, which shoulders it up from below. Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre Dumps had turned into the road, and was pursuing his way slowly down it. Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for dumps
pl ninformal a state of melancholy or depression (esp in the phrase down in the dumps) Word Origin for dumpsC16: probably from Middle Dutch domp haze, mist; see damp Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dumpsThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to dumpsdoldrums, gloom, melancholy, dreariness, bummer, trouble, blues, unhappiness, gloominess, blahs, cheerlessness, woefulness, sulks |