as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits
I've been down in the dumps all week
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as in leaves
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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Recent Examples of dumps
Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
When Santa's sleigh crash-lands in a junkyard on Christmas Eve, an unfortunate occurrence that has the town down in the dumps in the animated film A Trash Truck Christmas.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Regulators have also found that the company dumps untreated groundwater into sewers, but little action has been taken.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2025
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Plural noun
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
When Santa's sleigh crash-lands in a junkyard on Christmas Eve, an unfortunate occurrence that has the town down in the dumps in the animated film A Trash Truck Christmas.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
Verb
The pair's evident feelings for each other develop into a relationship that nearly takes off, until Jim unceremoniously dumps her in the season's final episode.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Regulators have also found that the company dumps untreated groundwater into sewers, but little action has been taken.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumps
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At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dual Front mode Rainbow Six Siege ditches turn-taking to let players attack and defend simultaneously.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Its Foamy pad ditches the air in favor of all-foam construction.—
Wes Siler,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
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Cars pull into the courtyard; someone unloads a television from the back of one of them.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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An education nonprofit loses funding — a child loses after-school care.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Dumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumps. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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