Usually means: Feeling sad, depressed, or discouraged.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word down in the dumps:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. down in the dumps: Merriam-Webster
  2. down in the dumps: Wiktionary
  3. down in the dumps: Dictionary.com
  4. Down in the Dumps, Down in the dumps: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Down in the Dumps: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. down in the dumps: ESL Idiom Page
  7. Down in the Dumps: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. down in the dumps: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Down in the Dumps: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. down in the dumps: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. down in the dumps: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. down in the dumps: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (down in the dumps)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.

Similar:
downbeat, downhearted, despondent, down-hearted, downsome, dead inside, flat, desolate, listless, lowhearted, more...

Types:
sad, depressed, blue, unhappy, glum, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, more...

Phrases:
more down in the dumps, down in the dumps feeling, more...

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Similar:
downbeat, downhearted, despondent, down-hearted, downsome, dead inside, flat, desolate, listless, lowhearted, more...

Types:
sad, depressed, blue, unhappy, glum, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, more...

Phrases:
more down in the dumps, down in the dumps feeling, more...



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