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
Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
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
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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
Toller returns to his desk, dumps the scotch from its tumbler, and fills the glass with Drano.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumps
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Her athletic resume leaves small room for debate on who, besides her, can be crowned the greatest female sprinter of all time.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, leaves even turn purple, notes the Chicago Botanic Garden.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 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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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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Seizures or other involuntary movements ensue, progressively getting worse as the person loses more control over their body.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Dumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumps. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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