Synonyms of dumped

dumped

verb

past tense of dump

1

as in left

to end a usually intimate relationship with

all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• left
• ditched
• abandoned
• jilted
• blew off
• cut
• broke off (with)
• kissed off
• kissed good-bye
• snubbed
• deserted
• quitted
• marooned
• brushed (aside or off)
• slighted
• forsook
• cold-shouldered
• high-hatted
• quit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• took
• befriended
• hooked up (with)
• latched (on or onto)

2

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

dump the trash on the curb and go back inside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• unloaded
• ditched
• lost
• abandoned
• scrapped
• tossed
• rejected
• chucked
• jettisoned
• shed
• junked
• removed
• exorcised
• laid by
• eliminated
• cast (off)
• cashiered
• flung (off or away)
• threw away
• sloughed (off)
• disposed of
• dismissed
• shucked (off)
• exorcized
• set aside
• deep-sixed
• sluffed (off)
• threw out
• eighty-sixed
• 86'd
• pitched
• deserted
• abolished
• abdicated
• forsook
• kicked out
• eradicated
• wiped out
• exterminated
• expunged
• annihilated
• stamped (out)
• liquidated
• extinguished
• extirpated
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• utilized
• embraced
• held
• retained
• took on
• kept
• held back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dumped

The season will detail 10 different cases, including a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body dumped in a NYC tunnel, and a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River. —Giana Levy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025

Here, they’re treated like sweet potatoes or cabbages, dumped by the dozen into large plastic bags, or piled into car trunks waiting for sale. —Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

In 1996, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson had a baby in a $52-a-night Delaware hotel room, then dumped the infant in a dumpster. —Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Everything sank out here on Dogtooth Bend in Southern Illinois since the floodwaters ran through five years earlier and dumped millions of tons of sand. —Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025

The cinematic ends with Bond ditching her cover as a chauffeur to track a blonde man dressed as a bellhop who’s just dumped a body. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025

This allows Carnival to crush leftovers and pulverize it into literal fish food that can be dumped into the sea. —John Kell, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025

Jeremiah still very much hates Conrad and happily tells him that Belly is staying in Paris, so they both got dumped basically. —Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025

The Grand Calumet River’s 13 miles meander across northwest Indiana, flanked by old and new industries, such as steel mills, meatpackers and oil refineries, which dumped a noxious mix of heavy metals and chemicals into its waters before federal regulations. —Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025