Synonyms
- blue devils
- blues
- dejection
- depression
- desolation
- despond
- despondence
- despondency
- disconsolateness
- dispiritedness
- doldrums
- dolefulness
- downheartedness
- dreariness
- forlornness
- gloom
- gloominess
- glumness
- heartsickness
- joylessness
- melancholy
- miserableness
- mopes
- mournfulness
- oppression
- sadness
- sorrowfulness
- unhappiness
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I've been down in the dumps all week
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Volatile markets have put investment banking in the dumps, but there is a silver lining for Wall Street banks.
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Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
The singer was quite generous with the photo dumps, sharing more images of her and Peltz's midnight look in matching silver Maison Valentino cutout minidresses.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Jan. 2023
When fires threatened the city last month, the aid group rented helicopters for water dumps.
—Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
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
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Charley Grant, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
The singer was quite generous with the photo dumps, sharing more images of her and Peltz's midnight look in matching silver Maison Valentino cutout minidresses.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Jan. 2023
When fires threatened the city last month, the aid group rented helicopters for water dumps.
—Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
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
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“Dumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumps. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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dumps
plural noun
: a dull gloomy state of mind : low spirits
in the dumps
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