dumps

plural noun

ˈdəm(p)s 

: a gloomy state of mind : despondency

in the dumps

Synonyms of dumps

• sadness
• depression
• sorrowfulness
• melancholy

Examples of dumps in a Sentence

I've been down in the dumps all week

Recent Examples on the Web

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

From there, some of the storm debris will be taken to municipal dumps and some will be trucked across the state to privately run landfills. — Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022

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

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

Rhymes for dumps

• bumps
• clumps
• humps
• jumps
• lumps
• mumps
• pumps
• slumps
• stumps
• sumps
• thumps
• trumps

Kids Definition

dumps

plural noun

ˈdəm(p)s 

: a dull gloomy state of mind : low spirits

in the dumps